Rabbi Shais Taub Reveals ‘Battle Plan’ of Chassidus

A large crowd of men and women joined a special event to mark 24 Teves, the hilula of the Alter Rebbe, hosted by Bais Shmuel—Chabad and featuring acclaimed speaker and author Rabbi Shais Taub.

During the inspiring evening, Rabbi Taub explained a fascinating and little known “secret” revealed by the Alter Rebbe just before his histalkus.

In a presentation combining military strategy, European history, psychology, and kabbalah, Rabbi Taub explained why the Alter Rebbe told his grandson the Tzemach Tzedek that the chasidic approach to personal refinement was actually based on the battle strategy of Prussian King Frederick the Great. In order to understand this cryptic statement, Rabbi Taub delves into the fascinating history of the “world war” that took place between all of the European empires during the Alter Rebbe’s youth and how Frederick the Great of Prussia developed a new battle strategy which was then identified by the Maggid’s son, R’ Avraham the Malach, as the conduit for revealing a brand new strategy for waging the inner battle between the animal and G-dly souls.

Earlier, Rabbi Taub farbrenged with the Bais Shmuel Youth Minyan, telling stories about Chof Daled Teves and the Alter Rebbe.

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