Hey MBCM students!!
Welcome to our "Hochana Blog".
As Chabad Chassidim we are taught to USE technology for good purposes as apposed to others which run away from it.
Therefor, we decided to open a blog, to enable you to earn as many minutes and points that you can wherever you are.
The blog will provide the daily Tanya and Hayom Yom; plus different interesting articles to share.
You are welcomed to comment- but lets try to keep it in the spirit of "good purposes" and not turn this blog into a "rumor has it"... for it was NOT created for that :)
Keep up earning minutes and points- this will surely be a great Hochana for this auspicious day!
See ya in school Tomorrow!
Luv, Mushky and Naomi


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The Rebbe's love for Chassidim, and vice versa

The Previous Rebbe describes the special love in the Rebbe/chossid relationship:

אהבה איז דער רוח החיים אין עבודת החסידות, דער חוטהמקשר חסידים איינעם מיט דעם אנדערען, און דער חוטהמקשר רבי מיט חסידים און חסידים מיט'ן רבי'ן. עס איז הןבדרך אור ישר הן בדרך אור חוזר, האט קיינע מחיצות ניט, אוןעס איז העכער פון דער הגבלה פון מקום וזמן
היום יום כו שבט.

Ahava, love, is the breath of life in the Avoda[divine service] of Chassidus. It is the thread thatbinds chassidim to each other, that binds the Rebbeto the chassidim, and the chassidim to the Rebbe.Ahava works in a direct way [initiated affection] andalso in a reflective way [responding the otherperson’s affection]. It knows no barriers andtranscends the limits of time and space.

HaYom Yom 26 Shevat.

In my own words:

Chassidus
teaches that in the Rebbe-chossid relationship,three types of love should be actively developed:

  • the Rebbe should develop love for the chassidim;
  • the chassidim should develop love for the Rebbe;and
  • the chassidim should develop love for one another.

This could be a love that is initiated, or a love thatcomes as a response to the other person:

  • when the Rebbe initiates an expression of love forthe chassidim, the chassidim respond in kind, orvice versa;
  • when one chossid initiates an expression of love foranother chossid, he responds in kind.

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