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6/24/07
CORPORAL IZZY
Corporal Izzy learned to box in the U.S. Army. He defended his Flyweight title five times, officially retiring his crown. In fact, Izzy lost his last title fight by a 15-round decision to Willie LaMorte. However, Izzy’s manager had become the opponent’s manager the night before the match. New York State refused to recognize the bout as a championship, declaring the title vacant because of the manager’s deception.
6/20/07
לפרוק עול
אני לא יצרתי את עצמי
אתה החובק כל רחבי תבל יצרתני
ושמתני במקום הזה
בזמן הזה
בעבודה הזאת
בנר"ן שלי
וגם טעויותי מראש ידעת
ואת חולשותי מאז צפית
לכן את פחדי אקח
ואשליך למצולות
למקום אשר לא יפקד עוד
כי איתך עוז וביטחה
ואתה את עולי תשא
אתה החובק כל רחבי תבל יצרתני
ושמתני במקום הזה
בזמן הזה
בעבודה הזאת
בנר"ן שלי
וגם טעויותי מראש ידעת
ואת חולשותי מאז צפית
לכן את פחדי אקח
ואשליך למצולות
למקום אשר לא יפקד עוד
כי איתך עוז וביטחה
ואתה את עולי תשא
6/18/07
Ups and Downs, Chodesh Tammuz
It is obvious to us all that the activity on the blog has slowed to a trickle...
Not to worry; as Rebbe teaches, spiritual energies both ebb and flow. It is not by coincidence that we have entered a period of time during which the spirit of Esav wields control - from Rosh Chodesh tammuz until Tu B'Av.
It is time to lay low - our enemies abound, and have grown confident.
6/12/07
Shout out to Rebbe
COMRADES,
just wanted to touch base with the blog. chi-town is being sown with revival seeds. the wind blows and it whispers...Rebbe Rebbe reeeeeeeeeebe.
I remember one time in shuir we were talking about how a hundred years ago, pictures of the Rebbes were frowned upon. the only way you could get a picture of someone like the Baal Hatanya was to put him in jail for possession of chasiduss. So- Rebbe was saying how today is different and how most Rebbe-figures encourage it- this includes Rebbe giving approval for handing out Rebbe glossies. We even talked about making Rebbe-figures. like GI joes but with Rebbish levush.
But the point that was made was that today we must use all tools in the fight for the preservation of the ruach. maybe we could get hetterim for rebbe tattoos?
Rav Wolfson said that in this messianic age, as a last dying wish, Hashem has granted the Sitra Acher reshut to go past the yidishe mezuzah and into the yidishe heim. comrades, it is a very toxic and dangerous age we live in.
Next time u are at Rebbe's for a meal or whatever try to grab a couch pillow or a tie for me. Ill pay for shipping and ill pay extra for any headwear.
much love.
yogurto
just wanted to touch base with the blog. chi-town is being sown with revival seeds. the wind blows and it whispers...Rebbe Rebbe reeeeeeeeeebe.
I remember one time in shuir we were talking about how a hundred years ago, pictures of the Rebbes were frowned upon. the only way you could get a picture of someone like the Baal Hatanya was to put him in jail for possession of chasiduss. So- Rebbe was saying how today is different and how most Rebbe-figures encourage it- this includes Rebbe giving approval for handing out Rebbe glossies. We even talked about making Rebbe-figures. like GI joes but with Rebbish levush.
But the point that was made was that today we must use all tools in the fight for the preservation of the ruach. maybe we could get hetterim for rebbe tattoos?
Rav Wolfson said that in this messianic age, as a last dying wish, Hashem has granted the Sitra Acher reshut to go past the yidishe mezuzah and into the yidishe heim. comrades, it is a very toxic and dangerous age we live in.
Next time u are at Rebbe's for a meal or whatever try to grab a couch pillow or a tie for me. Ill pay for shipping and ill pay extra for any headwear.
much love.
yogurto
6/10/07
From the mouth of an Alter Chosid
Here in the holy city of Yerushalayim one has the luxury of having different places where one can get in touch with the diverse energies of the tribes of Israel. If you dig the old time litfish Yerushalmi vibe then you've got to hang out in the Zichron Moshe, and in Batei Broyde in Nachlaot (the unhippified part). If you yearn for the last vestiges of authentic Shephardic spiritualty that has not yet been stamped out by the Ashkenazi/Zionist hegemony go spend time in the Musayoff Bet Knesset in Shchunat Habucahrim. But some people get that kicks davka from the pure hungarian Haimishkiet, they enjoy nothing more than praying the morning services at 11 o'clock in a minyan of men with wet beards and payos and very heavy silver Ataros and Chassidic accents, followed by herring, brandy and kokosh cake. The place for that is the Satmar Shul on rechov Yoel(!).
Now, I have some friends who fall into the last category. One of them is someone by the name of Motty who related to me the following tale. It was told to him by an octogenarian Chassidic man who davens in Satmar. This man served Tzahal back in the day and then did twenty years of Miluim (Chareidi parasites!) Once while he was a soldier he merited to attend the last tish of the Husyatiner Rebbe; a very holy Rebbe who held his court in the holy city of Tel Aviv. The Rebbe gave this yid a challa roll who proceeded to put it in his khaki knapsack. Eleven months later he was cleaning his bag for Pesach and he found this roll. It was totally fresh like the day it was given to him.
Zechuso Yagen Alenu
6/4/07
5/30/07
5/28/07
Dont Hold Back
They tell a story of a Chassid who would go to his Rebbe every year and ask for a brocha to be rich, and every year the Rebbe wouldn't give him a brocha. One year, the Chassid asks the same brocha, and the Rebbe tells him to give him 400 rubles and he will be rich. The Chassid was shocked! He wanted to be rich, not poor! So he goes back home to his wife, and tells her the news. They realize that if they want to get the 400 rubles, they need to sell their horse and buggy, their entire income. Finally, they decide to do it, since Rebbe always knows best. Once the Chassid gives the Rebbe the money, everything he touches turns to gold. He is in many businesses in a short time, and becomes a very wealthy man. Back by the Rebbe, one of his Chasidim asked: Why did you make him give you 400 rubles? The Rebbe answered that every year he asked for the same brocha: My horse should be gazunt, My horse should be healthy. How much money can you make from a horse? I realized I had to get the horse out of the picture. So I told him to give me the horse. Then, he saw his children hungry, and asked that he should be rich, and now he is.
There are many times when we ask Brochas from Hashem and restrict his answers. If we ask for our "horse" to be healthy, then we are loosing out on any other endeavors that could be blessed. May we all be zoche to not hold back with what we ask for or how we bless, and let Hashem fill in the blanks with his imagination.
-Rabbi Manis Freidman ("Its good to know Tanya")
5/20/07
Yidden-
As many of you know, I was zoche to graduate from YU this semester, and since my parents paid over $150,000.00 for that education, I was forced to go to graduation.
Surprisingly, it was a very nice ceremony, featuring a very nice address by Tim Russet, and Stan "The Man" Watson getting an award from YU. However, there was another honorary degree that went out that needs mentioning.
After Stan got his award, YU honored R' Jacob (Yaacov) Birnbaum. To be honest, right when they started the ceremony for R' Birnbaum, I put my iPod on and was not paying too much attention. But then, when they mentioned his work for soviet Jews, he received a round of applause, someone caught my eye. Who was in the front row, standing up to give "props" to R' Birnbaum? Rebbe. After seeing this, I took of my iPod and listened to the accomplishments of this amazing man. According to YU:
"Jacob Birnbaum initiated the grassroots struggle for Soviet Jewry in New York City in 1964 and laid the groundwork for a national movement that energized an entire generation of Jewish activists. He is the founder and director of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) and other Soviet Jewry organizations. Mr. Birnbaum derives from a distinguished European Jewish family of scholars, artists and poets. These include his grandfather, Nathan, a Jewish activist and a seminal figure in early Zionism, who is credited with coining the term Zionism, and was elected to the post of Secretary General of the first Zionist Congress in 1897. His father, Solomon, was a pioneer in two areas of Jewish scholarship. Mr. Birnbaum's family fled the Nazis and settled in England. After World War II, he worked with the victims of Nazism and Soviet totalitarianism and later the troubled Jewries of North Africa. He also served as the director of the Jewish Community Council of Manchester, England. After he settled in New York City, he created a teacher and student core of Soviet Jewry activists at Yeshiva University, and went on to build a significant New York institutional Soviet Jewry infrastructure in the 1960s. This established the primacy of "Let My People Go" and then "Let My People Know (their heritage)". Today he continues his efforts to strengthen the Jewish identity of Jews from the former Soviet Union. A United States House of Representatives resolution (HRes 137) "honoring the life and six decades of public service of Jacob Birnbaum" is in the final stages of the legislative process."
I just wanted to let the Revolution know of Rebbe's support for R' Birnbaum, and recognize the amazing accomplishments of this holy Yid.
As many of you know, I was zoche to graduate from YU this semester, and since my parents paid over $150,000.00 for that education, I was forced to go to graduation.
Surprisingly, it was a very nice ceremony, featuring a very nice address by Tim Russet, and Stan "The Man" Watson getting an award from YU. However, there was another honorary degree that went out that needs mentioning.
After Stan got his award, YU honored R' Jacob (Yaacov) Birnbaum. To be honest, right when they started the ceremony for R' Birnbaum, I put my iPod on and was not paying too much attention. But then, when they mentioned his work for soviet Jews, he received a round of applause, someone caught my eye. Who was in the front row, standing up to give "props" to R' Birnbaum? Rebbe. After seeing this, I took of my iPod and listened to the accomplishments of this amazing man. According to YU:
"Jacob Birnbaum initiated the grassroots struggle for Soviet Jewry in New York City in 1964 and laid the groundwork for a national movement that energized an entire generation of Jewish activists. He is the founder and director of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry (SSSJ) and other Soviet Jewry organizations. Mr. Birnbaum derives from a distinguished European Jewish family of scholars, artists and poets. These include his grandfather, Nathan, a Jewish activist and a seminal figure in early Zionism, who is credited with coining the term Zionism, and was elected to the post of Secretary General of the first Zionist Congress in 1897. His father, Solomon, was a pioneer in two areas of Jewish scholarship. Mr. Birnbaum's family fled the Nazis and settled in England. After World War II, he worked with the victims of Nazism and Soviet totalitarianism and later the troubled Jewries of North Africa. He also served as the director of the Jewish Community Council of Manchester, England. After he settled in New York City, he created a teacher and student core of Soviet Jewry activists at Yeshiva University, and went on to build a significant New York institutional Soviet Jewry infrastructure in the 1960s. This established the primacy of "Let My People Go" and then "Let My People Know (their heritage)". Today he continues his efforts to strengthen the Jewish identity of Jews from the former Soviet Union. A United States House of Representatives resolution (HRes 137) "honoring the life and six decades of public service of Jacob Birnbaum" is in the final stages of the legislative process."
I just wanted to let the Revolution know of Rebbe's support for R' Birnbaum, and recognize the amazing accomplishments of this holy Yid.
5/17/07
5/16/07
What's in a name?
The boy's name Harold \ha-ro-ld\ is pronounced HARE-uld. It is of Scandinavian origin, and its meaning is "army ruler". Herald is also literally "one who proclaims". An Anglo-Saxon name. British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan; playwright Harold Pinter.
Harold has 19 variant forms: Araldo, Aralt, Aroldo, Arry, Garald, Garold, Hal, Harald, Haralds, Harolda, Haroldo, Harrell, Harry, Heraldo, Herlad, Herold, Herrold, Herrick and Herryck.
Pretty fitting for the leader of a revolution.
One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?
Raya mehemna bio
Lead singer and drummer Yitzchak Bitton composed all of the songs. Born in Morocco, he gained attention formerly in France with Les Variations who opened up for Led Zeppelin, Bachman Turner Overdrive and others. Then came his awakening to his Jewish roots and along with Moshe "Philippe" Narboni, Steve Schwab, Michael Belinsky and Robert Levin, he formed Raya Mehemna. The "before" and "after" photos on the inside cover of the album depict Bitton and Narboni with long hair, tight leather pants and vests and then with long beards, payot and kippahs.
Raya Mehemna
this is the first of several videos I have of Lag Ba'omer with Raya Mehemna...
Unfortunately the sound didnt come out on most of 'em, but I'll post em soon... for now, enjoy the drumming of ISAAC BITON!!!!!!!!!!
Unfortunately the sound didnt come out on most of 'em, but I'll post em soon... for now, enjoy the drumming of ISAAC BITON!!!!!!!!!!
5/15/07
Has Rebbe Fulfilled his Rebbe Duties?
Our friends at Wikipedia have detailed Rebbe responsibilities. They are:
Functions carried out by Rebbes
There are some functions which are exclusively the domain of hasidic rebbes:
* Reading kvitlekh Not so much, though he does occasionally read a bechina.
* Leading a tish Most definitely.
* Participating in family celebrations of the chasidim, such as weddings and brisn (circumcision ceremony) Certainly.
* Performing mitzvos etc. in the presence of their chasidim, such as kindling the Chanuka lights and drawing water to bake matzos with See previous posts.
* Leading the prayers on Shabbos, Holy Days and other special occasions When the Rubin shul snags don't get in the way.
* Delivering learned or inspirational discourses Always.
Functions carried out by Rebbes
There are some functions which are exclusively the domain of hasidic rebbes:
* Reading kvitlekh Not so much, though he does occasionally read a bechina.
* Leading a tish Most definitely.
* Participating in family celebrations of the chasidim, such as weddings and brisn (circumcision ceremony) Certainly.
* Performing mitzvos etc. in the presence of their chasidim, such as kindling the Chanuka lights and drawing water to bake matzos with See previous posts.
* Leading the prayers on Shabbos, Holy Days and other special occasions When the Rubin shul snags don't get in the way.
* Delivering learned or inspirational discourses Always.
5/14/07
the RRRR spreads its wings
FYI - we have been discovered by someone at apple770 or whatever its called. I always liked their video selection.
http://apple770.blogspot.com/2007/05/rebbes-entrance-to-yu-chagiga.html#links
http://apple770.blogspot.com/2007/05/rebbes-entrance-to-yu-chagiga.html#links
Rebbe and the Geulah, Part 2
In an earlier post, Field Commander Eli Kohl posed a number of questions about Geulah and Rebbe. I would like to add a few thoughts.
The Maharal explains that while we yearn for Moshiach, the arrival of the Geulah is actually a double edged sword; the presence of G-d will be so clear that bechirah, and the potential for earning spiritual reward, will no longer be available.
I wonder what our relationship with Rebbe will be like at the time of Geulah. Clearly, the snags of the world will either be destroyed or de-snagified, and all the Jewish people will be jostling to sit at Rebbe's feet and to hand him bananas. Where, then, will that leave us? Will we be subsumed mong the multitudes, destined only to hear Rebbe's teachings through loudspeakers and iPods?
Essentially, will the ultimate success of the revolution be its downfall?
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