Dear Alumni Sheyichyu!
Sholom U’Brocho!
With great shock and grief, I share in the mourning of Rabbi Chaim Dovid Janowski, on the sudden passing of his dear father Reb Yisroel a”h, and extend our tanchumin to the entire Janowski family, hamokom yenachem eschem besoch shaar aveilei tzion veYerusholayim.
Mazel Tov to Mordechai Shachne Zirkind on the occasion of his engagement (and to the entire Zirkind family). Mazel Tov to Mendel Kleyman on the occasion of his engagement. Mazel Tov to Shloimie Rabin on the occasion of his engagement. Mazel Tov to Meir Shlomo Zaltzman on the occasion of his engagement (and to the entire Zaltzman family). Mazel Tov to Yankel Oster on the occasion of his engagement. May they use out the special period of Yokor Mikol yokor to its’ utmost! Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Ephraim Balter on the birth of their son. Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Leibel Chazanovitch on the birth of their daughter. Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Avremi Schochet on the birth of their son 9and to my dear uncle, Rabbi Ezra Schochet and the entire Schochet family). Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Ezriel Goldstein on the birth of their son (and to Rabbi Yakov Shlomo Goldstein and the entire Goldstein family). Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Eli Drizin on the birth of their son (and to Reb Moshe Drizin and family). Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Levi Mintz on the birth of their son. Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Zalman Oster on the birth and bris of their son. Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Mendy Kaminker on the birth and bris of their son. Mazel Tov to Rabbi & Mrs. Shlomo Barber on the birth of their daughter. May they bring them up lTOveCHuMAA”T mitoch harchovo, and to be true chayolim/os! (If anyone is aware of any mazeltov’s that I omitted please let me know).
Our thoughts and tefilos continue to be with our brothers and sisters in the Ukraine, and especially the shluchim there who are practicing such remarkable mesirus nefesh, may Hashem speedily bring them true cherus, and bring them לגאולה ומאפילה לאור גדול!
Bar Mitzvah and Tefillin Reflections
When a bar mitzva bochur would go in to the Rebbe for yechidus, in connection with his bar mitzva, the Rebbe would invariably ask him questions in learning. Frequently, the Rebbe would test the bochur on his bar mitzva pshetel.
Now, these days, with so many volumes of likutei sichos available, and numerous sichos about the mitzva of tefillin (or other subjects connected to a bar mitzva), the pilpul will often be based on a sicha. But, back then, when this was not yet an option, many bar mitzva pshetels were taken from the Shaagas Aryeh.
In the Shaagas Aryeh (siman 37), there is a lengthy pipul about the mitzva of tefillin, that became the basis
