By: Ettie Jacobson
What is a Rebbe?
To some, a Rebbe is a very very very high leveled spiritual leader, (which he is)
To some a Rebbe is a role model.
To some a Rebbe is a Gdly, Unrelatable, angel, who you’re not really sure what to make of him,
To some a Rebbe is a person who you want to be exactly like, someone that you look up to regarding every single thing in life, big or small,
To some a Rebbe is a way to connect with Gd better, a middle man that can get you into the VIP line.
To some a Rebbe is a Tatte, a father, a zeidi- grandfather that they feel so deeply connected with, and can turn to him at any moment for advise, help, or anything they need.
The Rebbe is all that.
And each person has a totally different connection with him.
But, we can all say that The Rebbe was a world changing man. Who changed the whole world for the better.
He was a representative of Gd that was not here for himself but for other people.
Although he physically is no longer with us, he lives stronger than every through his teachings that are being spread constantly all over the entire world.
The Rebbe is and was a very great Rabbi who loved every single person, each one of Gds creations.
The Rebbe was not only a spiritual leader for Jews, or his own community, he was a spiritual leader for the whole entire world.
Black, white, Jewish, non Jewish, famous, not famous, male, female, young, old...
It didn’t matter what you were, it only mattered that you were a creation of Gd who was put on this earth for a reason.
And the Rebbe, helped you find that reason.
The Rebbe helped each person connect to Gd in their personal way.
With his piercing blue eyes, your soul would connect straight to his.
Somehow, he would be able to tell you exactly what you needed to hear at the perfect moment.
When people would go to him for dollars on sundays, they would stand in line knowing exactly what they wanted to ask or say and when it was their turn, their minds went blank.
The Rebbe had such an ability to make you speechless and forget your thoughts.
But the Rebbe would know what you needed and give you blessings on blessings.
The Rebbe Was not only a spiritual leader who only knew Torah and deep spiritual things,
He also would be able to have long conversations about the modern day in age, new technologies, a lot about war strategy, and even a lot about how to make other people smile and be happy.
(by having a great sense of humor)
How
He would connect to you on a very personal level, which in turn would reveal and make it easier for you to connect with Gd.
The Rebbe was probably the only Rabbi that spoke about the good aspects of technology and social media, TV.
Why you ask?
Because any of those outlets, would be able to reach a large number of people, and when used for Gdliness, goodness and kindness, would be able to inspire thousands of people worldwide. He knew that it would be one of the greatest way to connect people with their creator.
Chassidus is known to teach that in this world there is spirituality and physicality.
We are in a physical world and try very hard to connect to spirituality, which sometimes can be very challenging.
Chassidus teaches- not to bash the physicality, the materialistic stuff, but to use it to help us reveal the spirituality, reveal the Gdliness hidden in the world.
At the current moment- the whole physical world is on a lockdown.
Everything that we think the world is has totally stopped, our daily routine, our usual lives.
It’s all totally different, and we didn’t think this would ever happen to us.
But Hashem has a plan for everything.
So in today’s day in age, it is very hard to do shlichus- revealing Gdliness the regular way, by going outside- walking down the street and putting tefilin on Jewish men, giving Shabbat candles to Jewish women, going to shul, visiting the sick, the way we are able to bring Gdliness to this physical world is by using all of our technology, social media- instagram, Facebook, TV, to spread Gdliness like a wildfire, expose the true meaning of life, and bring MOSHIACH right now!
Yofutzu Maayanosecha Chutza- your teachings will be disseminated outwards.
May we be Zoche (merit) to finally make this world a better place and be with MOSHIACH in the 3rd Beis Hamikdash before Pesach!
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