“What does a letter about a guy in a hospital gotta do with me!” asked Rabbi Chaim Mentz, as he violently shut the volume of Igros Kodesh he just pulled off the shelf.
It was Gimmel Tammuz, 1997, three years after the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s passing and Rabbi Mentz was angry. He had been the Chabad Shliach of Bel Air, California for years and still didn't have a proper Chabad House. Property after property, delay after delay. Even his community was getting frustrated. To make matters worse, he and his wife were waiting to be blessed with a child.
Feeling hopeless and desperate for guidance, he skeptically opened up a random volume of Igros Kodesh, the Rebbe’s letter’s. But as he expected, he found nothing. “Here I am, that guy, who wrote a letter and didn't get an answer…”
Or maybe not… Because what happened next blew his mind away!
Join Rabbi Mentz as he relives the fascinating story of the Rebbe’s continued guidance after Gimmel Tammuz. And how he learnt through the Rebbe’s blessings that sometimes, “All delays are for the good.”
Part 1 of a two part story.
The Zohar teaches that “A tzadik who departs is to be found in all worlds more than in his lifetime.” Because he is free of his corporeal limitations, the tzadik is able to grace those who connect to him with the full impact of his spiritual energies, imparting to them the love and fear of G-d, and showering them with abundant blessing and extraordinary miracles.
Upon the passing of his father-in-law and predecessor, the Rebbe advised people to continue jotting down their requests and to read the note (or place it on the table) in the room where he received people during his lifetime or at his graveside. “The Rebbe,” he said, “will find a way to respond.”
In a similar fashion, Jews around the globe today continue seeking direction, blessing, and advice from the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, visiting his resting place or slipping a note into a volume of his holy work. Here are their stories and how the Rebbe came through for them in extraordinary ways.
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