{"id":62527,"date":"2015-01-28T12:39:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T20:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=62527"},"modified":"2015-01-28T12:39:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T20:39:32","slug":"daily-wisdom-from-the-rebbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=62527","title":{"rendered":"Daily Wisdom From The Rebbe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/m.chabad.org\/dailystudy\/hayomyom.htm\">Link<\/a>: In these days especially, when by G-d&#8217;s kindness we stand at the threshold of redemption, we must make every conceivable effort to strengthen every facet of our religion. Mitzvot must be observed b&#8217;hidur, with &#8220;beauty,&#8221; beyond minimal requirements. Customs must be kept scrupulously, nothing compromised. It is a Mitzva and duty of every Rabbi in Israel to inform his congregation that the current tribulations and agonies are the &#8220;birth-pangs of Mashiach.&#8221; G-d is demanding that we return to Torah and mitzvot, that we not hinder the imminent coming of our righteous Mashiach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link: In these days especially, when by G-d&#8217;s kindness we stand at the threshold of redemption, we must make every conceivable effort to strengthen every facet of our religion. Mitzvot must be observed b&#8217;hidur, with &#8220;beauty,&#8221; beyond minimal requirements. 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