A Time Of Divine Favor

A TIME OF DIVINE FAVOR

It is written in Magen Avraham, that “It is customary throughout the Kingdom of Poland to fast on the 20th of Sivan”. Nevertheless, the Rebbes of Chabad do not observe this practice; they did not do so even during the time that they lived in Poland (although many others were then fasting).

Certainly the Rebbes of Chabad were not at all lacking in the spiritual aspect of the fast i.e., the time of divine grace (Eis Ratzon) of the 20th of Sivan. Quite the opposite: They achieved the qualities of this day without the need for an actual fast (similar to the advantage of Purim over the fast of Yom Kippurim)!

Translated in the memory of Yitzchok Yosef ben Yaakov Mordechai.