HACHAYOL - MyShliach

Can you face the challenge
housands of Yidden had been brutally slaughtered in
pogroms, and the Rebbe Maharash could not let it
continue. So he made his way to Petersburg to meet
with government ministers.
“You do not understand the love of the Jewish people
for one another,” explained the Rebbe Maharash to one
such Minister. “Wealthy Jewish businessmen from outside
of Russia ask me how they can help make sure the Jews of
Russia remain safe.”
“What do you mean” shouted the Minister. “Are you
threatening the Government with a reaction from wealthy
Jewish businessmen!”
“The Minister shouldn’t take this as a threat, but it is a
fact that you should consider. Non-Jewish businessmen
will also react against such horrible behavior,” answered
the Rebbe coldly. “
“So, is the Lubavitcher Rebbe going to cause a
revolution in Russia with the help of foreign
businessmen” cried the Minister.
The Rebbe then calmly answered him: “It is the
negligent leadership of the Russian Government that will
cause a revolution,” the Rebbe calmy responded.cause a
revolution.”
That evening the Rebbe Maharash was put
under house arrest for two days. When he was
set free on the third day, the Rebbe went to
the Minister’s office to receive a reply
regarding his
mission. Boruch Hashem it was successful, and the Yidden
lived peacefully for some time.
The Rebbe Maharash’s style of meeting the threat head
on was an expression of his motto of “Lichatchila Ariber,”
even if it meant putting his own life in danger.
The Rebbe was once traveling by train on a similar
mission to help Yidden. As it happened, a young man with a
bag entered the compartment and sat down across from the
Rebbe in his first-class cabin. Suddenly the Rebbe Maharash
turned to the young man and told him, “A Jew cannot have
the ‘hands of Eisav.’ Give me what you have with you.”
The young man froze, and then from within his pocket
pulled out a gleaming gun. Trembling, he placed the gun
into the Rebbe Maharash’s steady hand, who then
promptly toosed it out the window of the speeding train.
The Rebbe took the gun, and tossed it out the window of
the speeding train.
The Rebbe Maharash passed on his unique style of
“Lechatchila Ariber” to the Rebbe Rashab. He in turn
passed it on to the Tmimim and to the Frierdiker Rebbe who
used this strength to fight communism.
In our generation, the Rebbe gives
us that power to beat all obstacles
that come our way.
Beis Iyar is a day to take
the Rebbe Maharash’s
appraoch and apply it to
our own lives. When
facing a problem, don’t
avoid it, deal with it.
The Rebbe took the gun
and tossed it out the window
of the speeding train.
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