Page 5-THE NEWS-Novembcr, 1982
Thooghts From The Lubavitcher Bebbe
Passover Sale
Plans are now in progress
for the Hebrew Academy to
sell Passover products to our
Jewish community. A more
detailed announcement will
be forthcoming.
Recruitment Cocbairmen
President Bob Bernhardt
has appointed Rosanne
Sklar to share recruitment
duties with Ann Abel.
Guests at the
Hebrew Academy
Rabbi Robert Seigel and
Arthur Pressman recently
came to the Academy to read
the Torah. When Rabbi
Yossi Groner visited the
Academy for Succot he sang
songs with the children and
told holiday stories.
Nine four-year-olds from
Temple Israel Nursery came
to the school to help
celebrate the Succot holiday.
They enjoyed the Sukkot
plays, songs, dances and
treats.
A Visit to Greensboro
In October Eleanor We-
inglass, Director, met with
the Director of the Greens
boro Hebrew Academy to ex
plore ways of advancing the
education in both schools.
The 3rd, 4th and 5th graders
in our school are pen pals
with the children at the
Greensboro school. In Nov
ember the older children
from Greensboro will visit
our school.
Visit to Wallace's Farm
The entire school went to
Wallace’s Dairy Farm in
October. All the children
were able to see, touch, and
smell the cows, hunting dogs
and foxes. They also learned
about the milking process.
Special Thanks
The Academy is very ap
preciative of the excellent
copying machine donated to
the school by White’s
Business Machines.
At the farm; Michelle and Shara Steiner.
Kindergarteners making Sukkot decorations.
photos/Mitch Greenberg
Students* Creative
Writing
There once was a man from a
temple
Who had a little pimple
On Rosh Ha-shanah day
He gave it away
And now he is left with a
dimple.
by: Michelle Steiner
3rd Grade
Sukkot is when we harvest
our crop
And clean the house with
broom and mop
We build a sukkah with no
roof
And use branches to top off
the booth.
This is to tell
How we had to dwell.
In this free way
For many a day
So many years ago.
by: Carrie Lambert
5th Grade
There once was a man from
Marucca
Who hung fruits up in his
sukkah
He likes Yom Kippur
But he loves Sukkot more
In his sukkah he recites the
brucha.
by: Lila Shapiro
4th Grade
There once was some lucious
fruit
That was grown in England’s
boot
Because they were British
They sang the kiddish in
Yiddish
And now they are singable
fruit.
by: Keefe Bernstein
4th Grade
There once was the holiday
of Sukkot
All the men wore pink kippot
They said the kiddish
Because they were Yiddish
And that is the tale of
Sukkot.
by: Michelle Steiner
3rd Grade
There once was a man from
Rucca
Who lived inside a sukkah
He made it with sticks
That turned into bricks
And now he calls it a
brukkah.
by: Sarit Massachi
3rd Grade
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By Rabbi Yossi Groner
A Higher Radiance
A century ago there lived
in the town of Polotsk in
Russia a simple storekeeper
by the name of Reb Yisroel.
He was a follower of the
Tzemach Tzedek (Rabbi
Menachem Mendel of Lub-
avitch, third leader of
Chabad; 1786-1866). Once, on
a visit to Lubavitch, he
heard a Ma’mar, a discourse
of Chassidic philosophy
from the Rebbe explaining
how our Father Abraham
was charitable monetarily,
spiritually (e.g. sharing his
knowledge of G-d with other
people), and bodily (e.g. per
sonally running to wait on
his guests, etc.). The Rebbe
proceeded to give a profound
mystical explanation to
show how Abraham’s physi
cal acts of charity in this
material world were in a
sense higher than the Divine
attribute of Chessed, (kind
ness), emanating from the
lofty plane of spiritual ex
istence known as Atzilus.
Reb Yisroel did not
understand the entire disser
tation, but he did grasp these
few words about Abraham,
which he repeated over and
over until he committed'
them to memory. When he
came home, the Chassidim
gathered to welcome him at
the customary festive recep
tion for those who returned
from Lubavitch. They asked
Reb Yisroel if he could
perhaps repeat the Ma’mar,
the dissertation, that the
Rebbe had said. Reb Yisroel
replied that he could not, but
had committed to memory a
few words about Abraham’s
charitableness which he pro
ceeded to repeat to them.
After the reception, Reb
Yisroel went back to his
store as usual.
Nachman and Yosef, also
storekeepers in Polotsk,
were friends of Reb Yisroel.
Reb Yisroel decided that he
would go into Nachman’s
store and ask him for a loan.
He did not need the money,
but having heard from the
Rebbe the great quality of
charitableness (which in
cludes lending money
without interest, called
“Gemillus Chassodim”) he
wanted to give his friend
Nachman the opportunity to
fulfill this great Mitzva.
Nachman and Yosef followed
his example; every day they
would borrow and repay
small amounts of money
from each other.
When Reb Yisroel was
next in Lubavitch, the
Tzemach Tzedek came out of
the synagogue and asked one
of the senior Chassidim,
“Who is that person over
there?” The Chassid was at a
loss to answer, for Reb
Yisroel was not one of the
well-known Chassidim, but
eventually he discovered
that the name of the Chassid
was Reb Yisroel and that he
was a storekeeper from
Polotsk. The Tzemach
Tzedek asked that Reb
Yisroel be sent into his room.
When Reb Yisroel came in,
the Rebbe asked him about
his work and his daily
schedule. Reb Yisroel
replied that he got up every
morning at five, he said
Tehillim (Psalms), he drank
tea, chopped wood, and then
went to shul to daven. After
davening he studied a
chapter of Mishnayos, went
home to eat breakfast and
then went to the marketplace
to his store. Later, in the
afternoon, he went to shul to
daven Mincha, studied a lit
tle more, prayed the Maariv
service, and went home.
The Tzemach Tzedek was
not satisfied. “Nu, and what
about Tzedokoh?” he in
quired. Reb Yisroel replied
that he was poor and could
not give any charity, but
after further questioning by
the Rebbe, Reb Yisroel’s
strange daily custom of tak
ing and giving back small
loans came to surface.
Later, the Tzemach
Tzedek’s son (Reb Shmuel,
who was to become his suc
cessor) asked his saintly
father, “What do you seek in
him?’’ The great Tzemach
Tzedek replied that he had
seen surrounding the simple
storekeeper Reb Yisroel a
radiance, a pillar of light of
the Divine attribute of kind
ness and “Chessed” of At-
zilut.
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