In preparation for Gimmel Tammuz, the Vaad Hatmimim has launched a Mivtza Limud, uniting some 2500 Bochurim in Yeshivos worldwide, in an intense study campaign focused on the concept of the “Nossi Hador” – where the Bochurim receive prizes of Seforim and tickets to the Rebbe for their efforts.
The annual Mivtza, now in its 16th year, is this year from a new revolutionary Kovetz, “Nossi Hador”, which will give the Bochurim a deep understanding of the concept and need for a Rebbe. As we approach Gimmel Tammuz, when each and every chossid seeks to strengthen his hiskashrus to the Rebbe, it is vital to impart what that Hiskashrus means to the Bochurim.
An old Chassidic adage has it, that at the innermost essence of a chossid is his Rebbe. Much has been written both in recent past and long ago about what a Rebbe “is”, why a chossid needs to be bound to a Rebbe and the complex levels in this central relationship.
Yet, specifically this most important idea and fundamental concept in our lives, can be difficult for many to articulate both to our own selves and to another.
To address this, the Vaad has published the above Kovetz, skillfully prepared with the mission of providing clear and intelligible answers to these enormous and paramount questions.
The kovetz has been elaborately compiled by a group of expert chassidim, who labored to provide simple, relatable context for the words of the Rebbeim on this topic and have provided the student with a guiding thread in the form of explanations to enable the reader to cohesively attach one concept to the next and obtain an understanding that he can relate to in his own words and language, and more so, that he can communicate to others.
The kovetz traces its way back to the origins of the concept of a Nossi Hador, as it is found in Gemora and earlier still, making its way down the generations -step by step – and dwelling most prominently on how it is expressed and embodied in the words of our own Nossi, the Rebbe.
The booklet tackles questions such as why we need a Rebbe, and why one’s connection to him is crucial to his or her yiddishkeit as a whole, why it is important to be mekasher yidden with the Rebbe, and other fundamentals of hiskashrus.
If you’ve heard the terms memutza hamechaber, yechida klolis, ra’aya mehemna but struggle to put your finger on what exactly they add to what the Rebbe is and represents, this kovetz will shed much needed light.
It deliberately does not include every existing source on the topic, since the stated goal of the kovetz is to afford its student clarity and relatable familiarity with these principles for personal reflection, rather than an encyclopedic understanding.
For more info and bulk orders, email sichos@vaadhatmimim.org
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