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Instructions for Secret Mission

Rabbi Binyamin Katz reveals spy-like instructions he received before being sent by the Rebbe to Communist Russia in 1964. Full Story

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Number seven
March 13, 2013 8:07 pm

I wonder…

#6 -
March 13, 2013 5:52 pm

bec he would not have lots of food available to him in Russia. if anything, very little variety.
Rabbi Katz, tell us, what DID you eat on that trip in 1964?

to #5 correction
March 13, 2013 5:07 pm

The Rebbe told him to not to sleep on the sheet. To remove the sheet before he went to sleep and in the morning to put it back on so that it will not be evident that he was tossing and turning due to a restless sleep which might arouse suspicion. He was the one who was instrumental in so many anash leaving Russia in76 76 etc.

Hey 4
March 13, 2013 3:35 pm

Who are YOU?

Question
March 13, 2013 2:54 pm

What did it make a difference if he had and interest in food or not?

true?
March 13, 2013 1:40 pm

another instruction I heard was given to Benyamin by the Rebbe was to not sleep in the bed so the maid won’t see if he tossed and turned all night

to Numbers 1 and 3
March 13, 2013 12:35 pm

Old friends, please write your names so Rabbi Katz will know who you are!

Another old friend
March 13, 2013 10:03 am

I too was in Kfar Chabad when Reb Binyomin returned from Russia after first staying in other countries after leaving Russia and before returning to the US. We were together for pesach as a group chutz lo’oretztiker bochurim. As he knew every one of us personally he felt safe enough to open up to us and talk about some of his amazing experiences there and the Rebbes meticulous detailed instructions to him concerning his stay in Russia as tourist including some unusual “reading material” he was to bring with him. One interesting detail, his teffilin and siddur were not Chabad.… Read more »

Thank you!!
March 13, 2013 9:26 am

Thank you, Neshei Chabad for sharing with us the stories of these living legends. Very interesting and inspiring – just like an issue of Neshei Chabad.

an old friend
March 13, 2013 5:44 am

I was in the Yeshivah in Kfar Chabad when Binyomin was on his return from his shlichus from Russia, and shared a room with him there.
It was fascinating to hear of his experiences there. It was clear to me why he was thone to have been sent

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