My Beliefs

 

 

Every generation has one Rebbe, which stands for Rosh Bnie Yisroel, the head of the Jewish people.

 

Like a head, he is endowed with almost Divine talents to discern through the multitude of theories (even within Judaism) and to be able to discern the true Divine will, particularly as it relates to his time.

 

For every generation has a unique mission!

 

Of course in our generation, this is Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

 

To adhere to his opinion is to adhere to God, for the third Commandment as Maimonides teaches us, is, to listen to the Prophet in your times (and as Maimonides teaches, prophecy returned (in anticipation of the messianic age when all Jews will be great prophets) at the end of his lifetime – and the Rebbe’s prophetic abilities are well known, matching the prophetic results of earlier prophets and perhaps even exceeding them, to name but a few accurate outcomes: he predicted the six day war, the gulf war, soviet union’s collapse, the failure of the mid-east “peace” process, and his most important prediction, the soon to be messianic era!)

 

To discern the Rebbe’s directives, the best place is so go to, ichossid.com where they have culled mainly from the later talks, the Rebbe’s directives, based on the weekly Torah portion and festivals, and one very important book on education.

 

One of the primary directives of the Rebbe, was that people should appoint a spiritual mentor (particularly someone schooled in Chassidus / Modern Jewish mysticism) and as this is following the biblical adjunction to follow the wisdom of God through “appoint for yourself a Rabbi,” God’s wisdom, shall come through that person to them!!! (and in in health issues ask a doctor who is a friend what to do, and in business issues ask a business man who is a friend, and in general, eat healthy! then as the Rambam, a foremost doctor teaches, “you wont get sick through your lifetime.”)

 

Another very important notion is, what is the truth? – Something that even within Judaism, there are thousands of variations.

 

The Rebbe’s truth – as I understand it, can be summed up in three important principles:

 

Principle number one, there is nothing in this world that cannot be used for good – so while many religious people shun technology etc. (as they see in modernity a threat to their interests) the Rebbe said “find the benefit of technology and embrace it for the said cause” – for the Rebbe said “the world God created, cannot deny God, rather acts as a conduit for Divine revelation, through man’s using it as such.”

 

In terms of spiritual service, the Rebbe believes we need to see ourselves as Divine beings, for that is whom we truly are, as our souls are literally part of God and our souls are the essence of who we are, and hence our entire mission in life (as the Rebbe often quoted from the Mishnah) to work for divine purposes – is far easier, for we see ourselves not in competition, rather in collaboration with the said purpose, for his and our purpose then merges.

 

Last but not least, if the Rebbe stood for anything, it was Ahavas Yisroel, unity amongst Jews, and in fact the world over; and as such, the Rebbe always maintained seeking that which we share (for in what we share – what we have in common – we identify, and hence as each person loves themselves, they extend the said love to the other whom they identify with!) and the entire world shares in common the trait of being a creation of God – created to fulfill God’s purposes – and particularly within the Divine souls of the Jewish people – and as all Jews share the same soul root and as God is one, hence all Jews on a soul level – hence in reality, are actually one.