In the days of Sefira, thousands of Chassidim worldwide are joining to sign a “Duch” to the Rebbe, committing to respect one another and differing opinions.
Each of Rabbi Akiva’s 24,000 students was qualified as a giant in Torah and had reached the pinnacle of perfection in serving Hashem in his individual manner.
Every student had a profound relationship with Hashem, which permeated his essence, his every thought and action, to the very fiber of his being.
Rabbi Akiva’s students were proficient in and devoted to the teachings of their Rebbe.
Rabbi Akiva, who exemplified Ahavas Yisroel, had students who practiced profound levels of his teachings, yet were lacking in this very area when it came to their performance.
They were unable to support other unique and flawless approaches and wanted everyone to follow their way only, precisely because of their tremendous Ahavas Yisroel.
And, this is where the students were amiss and mistaken.
The Rebbe speaks about the erroneous ways of Rabbi Akiva’s students no less than 25 times*, emphasizing the magnitude of this matter. We too desire to have the same עבודה and devotion as Rabbi Akiva’s students, but we don’t want to repeat the same mistake.
We must acknowledge that no two חסידים have the same way of התקשרות, nor do we need to.
Just because one person has another opinion, does not mean he is wrong. By the same token, one who believes he is right, doesn’t mean the other person is less right.
In fact, אחדות is not about being the same or alike, but rather, it is about celebrating our differences, in harmony, and seeing the benefit and advantage of serving Hashem in many ways.
Let us be חסידים and let’s allow others to be חסידים as well, albeit, in their own way, by putting aside our differences no matter how enormous or how trivial.
Please take a moment to join thousands of Chassidim worldwide, in signing a “Duch” to the Rebbe, committing to respect one another, the way the Rebbe wants us to.
This will certainly hasten the coming of Moshiach.
Click here to sign the duch now:
LubavitchUnited.com
Call or Text: 516-514-7704
thanks for doing this! Much Hatzlacha
This is a very smart thing! I’m glad someone had a good idea! We’ve all been trying so hard to find the one last thing to bring Moshiach, may this be it!!
look, this article was put up a while ago and still people are signing!
must be a good idea!
It will be so cool if we can get 24,000!
Absolutely true! We have to start somewhere, but let’s keep going from here!
Very nice project!
Kol hakavod to colllive.com for making this thing we. Needed someone to bring us all together. . Col you rock …. the only news site I go to
An outstanding idea with a powerful message. Clearly the Rebbe is having nachas from his Chassidim
This is the last straw on the ‘back of galus’.This act of unity will be the clincher to culminate the galus and usher in the Geulah,where we will fly “United” directly to Eretz Yisroel.A brainstorm of an idea! Many thanks to those misaskim who concieved this bright idea.
Wow!!!!! Hashem bless whoever is behind this!!!! So beautiful! This is the greatest gift we can give to the Rebbe!
Let’s start by respecting others comments on col 🙂
I LOVE YOU MY FELLOW LUBAVITCHERS :-)!!
i just signed and want to push all others to do the same.
but lets not just sign take action to keep to what you are signing and then spread the message to all your friends to do the same …
COL – maybe make a way to share this message an link with others.
Chaim Y.
lets share the love
I love you too, that’s what this whole thing is about!
Very nice!!
Kol hakavod!!
for your record there are over 10000 lubavitchers
What a fabulous idea for all of us to bring into practice.
Signed!!
Hatzlocha!
Thank you to whoever is behind this, very well written and such a powerful true point!
I think it’s already holding over 1350 signatures! The Rebbe will defiantly have so much nachas if his whole family/all his chassidem signed on this duch! Get your friends to join! Lubavitch, we can do this!!!
Moshiach now!!
Thank you for initiating such a beautiful
Idea ! Yashar koach
BS”D
Like I said, but they refused to print- when all 3 Rabbonim sign then bli neder so will I. They print letters appealing for Ahavas Israel when they don’t even speak to each other. If they had a will they could resolve it all ( as various of our Rabbeim have spoken regarding ones Ratzon- the Tzemech Tzedek and the Alter Rebbe)
just like a puzzle you need every piece to complete the picture doesn’t matter witch piece you are big, small, u are one of those puzzle piece and is really needed to complete the finale picture witch will be with the coming of Moshaich may it be right now
Look at the website, there are over 1000 already!
If im not mistaken when i signed it said that over 1200 chassibem signed already! Encourage others to join and lets show that we CAN all sign on the same idea just as we all accept the same Rebbe’!
Wow! What a great step in lubavitch! This is what we need, regardless of our different opinions we need to be united. This is what the Rebbe wants. Everyone should sign it and encourage your family and friends to so the same!!
Why not just “live and let live”?
Moshiach!!!!
This is the way to go
Action is what will make all the difference! This is definitely a step in the right direction.
You think are terrible! ! people you heard terrible things about, people you know terrible things about, yidden who have hurt others – yidden who just rub you the wrong way. .. all chassidim. Just reminding people – don’t pick and choose who you’ll have ahavas yisroel to. ..
Lets be be able to make the world a better place
sounds like a nice idea but good luck trying to get lubavitchers to sign on the same idea… i signed but i doubt you can get more then a handful of guys to sign
Kol hakavod and thanks to collive/whoever put this amazing thing together!
My whole whatsapp group united to sign and we each committed to get 2 more chassidem to sign and that they should each get 2! Hope it works out and in no time every single lubavitcher chosid will sign and we will be able to show the world that Lubavitch is really United despite our differences of opinions etc.
I hope everyone thinks of a way to reach out to as many as possible and gets them to join!
#lubavitchunited
Moshiach now!
No way is more right! Noone is wrong for saying or not saying things. We are all chassidim of the same Rebbe and we all care & love the Rebbe the same, just express it in different ways! Time for us to realize that and respect eachother!!
This is a great start!! Lets all sign and bring moshiach!! Maybe this can even lead to joint farbrengens and gatherings… so we dont have to wait for moshaich to do the job for us!
-Signed someone who cares about achdus
Great positive light
Chevra, I think this is something we have all wanted for a long time. Finally someone had the courage to put it together. Let’s all sign it and reach over 100,000 and we will be making a good point to Hashem and the Rebbe.
I was in 770 when they first gave out the form about this. I saw everyone reading it, . I am glad that c.o.l. decided to post this, so that many more people will be able to have a chance to help bring moshiach closer. trust col to come thru on all issues that crown height needs. we chassidim are great, and definately deserve moshiach already. we know its just going to be one last little thing that will actually bring him, and this might be it. I encourage everyone to take a minute to reflect, and commit to increase… Read more »
We can use more unity in my city, I wish we all sign.
I have been thinking about this for a long time now it’s about time someone is stepping to the plate and getting this done … chevra do this and spread it on your facebook and whatspp
I signed and encourage everyone to sign!!
Lets do it together and bring moshiach with our achdus and acceptance!!
What a great idea!
I just signed, I hope this brings us closer as a community.
something different! i think its a very great idea! definitely something we need to help bring Moshiach!
Sign the duch and spread it to all your whatsapp friends
Thanks for taking the initiative.
I would also like to suggest that we
extend the same respect and courtesy
to all Jews, Chassidic or otherwise
Excellent idea I just signed and will get my friends to sign as well!!
It’s great to see something like this
#justwondering
It’s about time someone talked the rebbe’s words to action!
thank you so so much. beautiful!
Defiantly a good step to the coming of moshiach!
I just signed and encourage everyone to join! #LubavitchUnited
Great idea.