The Rebbe's Tefilin Campaign | Mivtza Tefilin

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Shais Taub’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

mitzvah campaign series, and you could watch all the the back classes that we did throughout the year on the on the other mitzvah campaigns. But, uh mitzvah mivtza tefillin has a very special place. And we're going to talk about that tonight. The uniqueness of mivtza tefillin. The campaign began in the days leading up to the Six-Day War. We're talking about the spring of 1967. It was a time of great tension for Jews all over the world. Remember, we're talking about 20 years after the Holocaust. And here we are in a situation where millions of Jews are being surrounded by their mortal enemies, who are making very vocal promises to wipe Israel off the map. They're mobilizing their forces, and it is a time of fear. It is a time of confusion. And one lone voice was able to send forth a message of courage at that time. The Lubavitcher Rebbe spoke unwaveringly that Hashem will miraculously protect his people and that we have nothing to fear. And although we have nothing to fear, obviously also we for our part have to contribute. We have to help. It's a it's a partnership with Hashem. Hashem will protect us, but there are things that we can do to increase our merits and specifically in a manner that brings on divine protection. And the Rebbe spoke about specifically the mitzvah of tefillin as this way of invoking divine merit for protection. There's a verse in the Torah which tells us the role call ameiha aretz, all of the nations of the world will see ki shem Hashem, that the name of the Lord nikra alecha is called upon you. V'yaru mimcha and they will be afraid of you. What does this mean that the name of Hashem is called upon you, you the Jewish people? So, the Gemara in Brachot, the Talmud tells us

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1. 0:34mitzvah campaign series, and you could watch all the the back classes that we did throughout…
2. 5:14the Jewish people, and they will be in awe, they will not be able to do…
3. 9:54then of the entire world. It wasn't something that just remained um a measure to deal…
4. 14:29to attack. So, that was one answer the Rebbe said. That's one reason why we have…
5. 19:41was also from the Rambam. And it's interesting, you know, it's hashgacha pratit because um we've…
6. 24:19the the value in that? It's not like you're making them religious. It's not like you…
7. 29:00be a repeated thing. Of course, we believe in mitzvah goreret mitzvah, and it probably will…
8. 34:12with you, what kind of Jewish citizen are you? It's like you know, don't you care…
9. 38:48recover it. So, uh this guy told Reb Mendel, he says, "But that only works if…
10. 43:26The Rebbe said, "Well, that's why. You can't just say Shema. You have to put on…

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