Hi,
Thanks a lot for PR.
Me and my family are conducting this Dvinsker.lv project. So, welcome to the site with advices and critics ;)
Moishe Beskin | Homepage | 07.25.07 - 6:23 am | #

Regarding the link to the Kfar Chabad pictures, how does one explain continuing the "minhag" of throwing burs today after one understands the source of it?:

"The Tzemach Tzedek, who used to refer to the Rebbe [R. Yisrael] of Ruzhin as "the holy Ruzhiner," once related: "The holy Ruzhiner would not brook any melancholy nor even bitterness - with the result that his chassidim became playful. One Tishah BeAv they occupied themselves for a while tossing burs at each other. They then decided to clamber on to the roof of the beis midrash, and to lower a noose over the entrance. Whoever walked in the door could then be lassoed and promptly hoisted on to the roof. The prank succeeded until, sure enough, who should walk in but - their Rebbe, the Ruzhiner. From up there it was hard to tell one hat from another, and only when the tzaddik was halfway up did they identify him.

"When they had lowered him to the ground he exclaimed: 'Master of the Universe! If Your children do not observe Your Yom-Tov, then take it away from them!'"

Now see this:
http://www.shturem.net/index.php...87& lang=english
A Simple Jew | Homepage | 07.25.07 - 8:09 am | #