Dear Friend,

We would like to publicly express our gratitude to the community for all their hospitality & gracious support to all the Shluchim who came for the Chabad Emissaries Western Regional Kinus (Conference). It was truly an uplifting Shabbos where you were able to feel the Holiness in the room. The attending Rabbis had workshops on Jewish Law on Friday and went to visit the new Chabad Center in Chandler. Friday evening after services during the Shabbat meal they spoke Torah, Chassidus and Farbrenged until 3:00am & were back by 8:00am for coffee & Studying Chassidut followed by Services.

Shabbat Lunch Seudah went until 6:15pm. We had the honor of Mr. Max Weisberg putting us in a frame of joy to begin our lunch. At 6:00pm a Torah lecture about Huricanes & Earthquakes and their Divine Message was given by a visiting Chabad Rabbi to the community. At 9:00pm the community joined for a Community Melave Malka that was filled with Divrei Torah together with Inspiration to all present. 

We welcomed the Rabbis from the community who came to take part in giving Chizuk to the Shluchim: Rabbi David Rebibo who addressed the Shluchim, Rabbis Harris Cooperman, Rabbi Isaac Entin, Rabbi Pinchas Alush & Rabbi Ariel Shoshan.   

Thank you to the following host families: Mr. & Mrs. Ike Esses, Mr. Dan Neuman, Rabbi Levi & Chani Levertov, Mr. & Mrs. Mayer Litzman, Dr. & Mrs. Moshe Engel, Rabbi Dov & Mussie Levertov, Mr. & Mrs. Loren Greenberg, Mr. & Mrs. Serge Roussel, Mr. & Mrs.Efrayim Warshawsky.

Thank you for preparing the hospitality baskets: Mrs. Mussie Levertov & Mrs. Rivky Friedman

Thank you to all who prepared the food and made it a world class dining event: Susan & Saville Levy and Simply Scrumptious Co., Chani Levertov, Mussie Levertov, Rivky Friedman, Leah Levertov, Dina & Chassie Levertov, Chanie Shemtov, Chavie Ash, Bernie Gross, Marilyn Weiss , Cactus Kosher Foods & Mindy Wolfe.

Thank you to all the volunteers for their tremendous help: Mindy Wolfe, Michelle Colby, Hershel Weberman, Rachel Ritchie, Pearl Grogan, Andrea Silvey, Adam Boykin, Rabbi Dan Hayman, Rabbi Dov Levertov, Rabbi Levi Levertov, Rabbi Shmuel Teichtel, Rabbi Yossi Friedman & 4 individuals who would like to remain anonymous.

Thank you,
Rabbi Zalman & Tzipi Levertov

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Once the  Rebbe Mahara’sh took a train ride and one of his Chassidim by the name of Rav Yaakov Reshel got on the train near nightfall at the city of Dvinsk to accompany him. His intention was to accompany the Rebbe for less than an hour till he went to sleep and then get off at the next stop and return to Dvinsk.

But, to his surprise, a few minutes into the ride, the Rebbe asked him to stay till the morning.

Rav Yaakov was honored by the request and couldn’t refuse. It was, in fact, a great pleasure and blessing to be with the Rebbe. But he was a bit uncomfortable because he hadn’t brought his Talit and Tefillin (prayer shawl and phylacteries Jews put on for the morning prayers) and certainly wouldn’t ask the Rebbe to borrow his.

He paid for an adjoining compartment and when the Rebbe lay down to sleep he left the Rebbe’s room and went to his. Early the next morning the Rebbe, who had woken even earlier and had already finished praying, sent a porter to call Rav Yaakov to his room. When he entered he saw that the Rebbe was sitting with eyes closed laughing.

He didn’t have a chance to sit down before the train came to a stop and a well dressed, clean shaven young man got on, asked the conductor something and then headed straight for the Rebbe’s compartment. But when he entered and saw the Rebbe sitting there, smiling with eyes closed and Rav Yaakov standing there he seemed confused and just sat down opposite the Rebbe.

The train began to move and five minutes later when they were outside of the town the Rebbe suddenly opened his eyes, stared deeply into those of the young man and said “Why do you possess a dangerous item? What have you got in your pocket? Show me!”

The young man turned pale and began to shake. He stuck his trembling hand into his pocket and pulled out…a small pistol! He handed it to the Rebbe who opened the window and threw it out into the passing bushes.

It seems that the Maskilim (Jews that wanted to uproot Judaism and replace it with more ‘modern’ ideas) had planned to assassinate the Rebbe because of all the troubles he made for them at government levels. But when the young man saw the Rebbe was not alone it confused him, he forgot his plans and suddenly felt the Rebbe’s holiness. At that point he changed his mind and sat down opposite the Rebbe like a child.

The Rebbe gave his Talit and Tefillin to Rav Yaakov and motioned for him to go to his compartment and pray and leave them alone. When he returned an hour later the Rebbe took the Tefillin and said to his young companion “Would you like to pray?”

Suddenly, the young man began to frown and then burst out in awesome tears as he took the Tefillin. The Rebbe comforted him: “Don’t worry, one who is forced to sin is not  really a sinner”.

At the next stop the young man got off and the stop after Rav Yaakov parted from the Rebbe and also got off.

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