A second volume of personal stories of the Rebbe’s continued Brachos and guidance has been compiled by A Chassidisher Derher in advance of Gimmel Tammuz.
We find ourselves in trying times. For more than twenty years we haven’t seen the Rebbe in the physical sense, and we await the day we will be reunited with the Rebbe again.
Nevertheless, Chassidim do not despair, for the Rebbe is with us.
We are told that רועי ישראל לא יפרדו מעל צאן מרעיתם — the shepherds of the Jewish people do not forsake their flock.
But are things really the same? Before Gimmel Tammuz, Chassidim relied on clear guidance from the Rebbe; his holy words guiding every matter of their lives.
What does one do today when in doubt?
The Rebbe clearly addressed this issue shortly after the Frierdiker Rebbe’s histalkus. In a letter to a chossid who had asked a similar question, the Rebbe writes:
“Regarding what you ask: [What should one do] when in doubt, for it is not possible to ask the [Frierdiker] Rebbe now? If you will remain steadfast in your hiskashrus to him, without paying attention to the arguments of the yetzer hara, and you will send your question to the Ohel of the [Frierdiker] Rebbe; the Rebbe will find a way to answer you.”
In other words, the Rebbe is saying: Writing your question and sending it to the Rebbe at the Ohel is exactly like writing to the Rebbe before the histalkus.
Based on all of the above, it is no wonder that Yidden from all over the world who come to the Rebbe at the Ohel seeking his holy guidance and blessing are often zoche to experience open miracles. Sometimes the answer is given clearly, and sometimes the Rebbe’s answer is apparent by the blessings that the writer sees as a result.
Every month, the staff of A Chassidisher Derher collect and publish stories of individuals who merited seeing the Rebbe’s brachos in their lives after being at the Ohel and writing to the Rebbe.
These are a small number of the daily occurrences at the Ohel; the ones that we were able to gather and that people agreed to share with the public. Every story is told by the one with whom it occurred, and was verified again before publishing to ensure the accuracy of every detail.
Together with an expanded Tammuz magazine, A Chassidisher Derher has published these stories in a volume of their own for Chassidim to draw strength and inspiration from in connection with Gimmel Tammuz.
Get your own copy by subscribing at www.Derher.org, and available in Anash communities around the world, at the Ohel and in Crown Heights.
