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Thousands of Shluchim pose for a group photo in front of Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2014. They are among 4,200 rabbis from around the world who are in New York for the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries, an annual event aimed at reviving Jewish awareness and practice around the world. This year’s conference carries an added significance as millions around the world mark twenty years since the passing of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of blessed memory.
Credit: Adam Ben Cohen / Chabad.org
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The parts of speeches, singing and dancing that are posted are so uniquely inspiring, every year. Is it possible for you to post the video?
There is a reason Chabad is so strong and resonates. When I wanted to hear words of Chizzuk after the terrible massacre in Har Nof, I couldn’t find anything to really hold onto, then I searched the amazing trove of videos of the Lubavitch Rebbe which he was prescient to allow himself to be filmed for prosterity before most others rabbis did, going back decades. When I searched lubavitch Rebbe and Tragedy I watched three youtube videos where he spoke so amazingly, his words applied directly to this current time. His words are very timeless and profound. What is so unique about his speech is that it was very kind, there was so much humility, and kindness, and a lot of very profound Torah concepts and instruction for individuals on what they can do personally in their own lives, personal responsibility, that gives a person something to hold onto and a Torah direction, in turbulent times. One needn’t be Chabad to be lucky enough to hear this amazing Divrei Torah. How lucky we are.
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There is one more integral feature of the Lubavitch Rebb’s speech that Is important to add to what I wrote above. How could I have left it out? It is a constant in the Rebbes speech: To act for the benefit and good of another person, people, Klal Yisroel and the Velt. He was a man of action in this area and expected this of others. He spoke of the exponential effect of doing a mitzvah, helping others do a mitzvah, and multiple people helping one person or many people do mitzvahs.