Chabad of Calabasas

06/04/2026

04/14/2026

WHEN THE REBBE REALLY LET US HAVE IT

It was in the spring of 1991. It was an ordinary Thursday evening in the Rebbe's Shul, as much as ordinary was possible at 770 Eastern Parkway. The evening Maariv services were wrapping up and the relatively light crowd waited to see whether the Rebbe would speak after the service.

Sure enough, the Rebbe spoke. And in middle of speaking, the Rebbe's tone of voice changed from a teaching tone to a personal tone. In a few minutes, the Rebbe expressed how disappointed he was that after so many years, Chasidim were still "eating out of his hands" (my expression) and not standing on their own two feet.

Specifically the Rebbe was addressing the ultimate redemption of Moshiach.

For many years, the Rebbe had urged his audience to try and feel a sense of urgency for Moshiach's coming. Whether out of a keen understanding of the Divine need for a better world, or out of a simple consideration for all the suffering happening around the world, the Rebbe asked again and again for people to develop a true and urgent desire for Moshiach.

Sometimes, the Rebbe blamed good old materialism. People are comfortable and complacent and are perfectly happy with the status quo. The furthest thing from their minds is Moshiach's coming, for who knows what Moshiach might think of their cushy lifestyle, and what might he do to it!? Don't worry, the Rebbe reassured them, Moshiach will only make life better, not worse, and the difference will be that everyone will be doing okay, not just you and your friends, if that's alright.

And sometimes, the Rebbe blamed excessive spirituality. The G-dly soul within us loves to yearn, to ache for G-dliness. It knows the value of distance, which makes the heart grow fonder and fonder. Our souls appreciate the outsized role we play in bringing Moshiach, and our souls may wonder, what role will we play once we have brought Moshiach? What will we yearn for? What will we live and fight for? What will our cause be once our cause has succeeded? Be careful, the Rebbe warned. Too much spirituality can make you relish the holy tension of waiting for Moshiach so much that Moshiach's coming could become an unwanted nuisance! Hence, you want to want Moshiach, but you don't want Moshiach.

But mostly, the Rebbe blamed simple intellectual laziness. Yearning is one of our emotional senses, and it's easier to yearn for more of the same than a whole new world order. It's easier to yearn for what you need than to yearn for someone else's need, even your Creator's. And in general, it's easier to dream of something than it is to really yearn for it.

Never mind, said the Rebbe, you can do better. At its core, your soul is already yearning for Moshiach because G-d is yearning for Moshiach, and at its core, the soul wants what G-d wants. So deep down, you already want it. Just dig deep and get in touch with that desire. Learn more about Moshiach and what it means, and use your mind to translate that subconscious desire into a conscious feeling.

Eventually, the Chasidim caught on. They watched the Rebbe hold back giant sobs as he wondered aloud what was taking Moshiach so long. They heard the repeated words of longing, as the Rebbe spoke over and over about how important it is that Moshiach's arrival not be delayed even one more minute. They all saw how the Rebbe encouraged the children to sing, "We want Moshiach NOW!" with a strong emphasis on the "NOW!"

The Rebbe's fervor was contagious, and the Moshiach fever spread. Soon, the Rebbe's Chasidim became famous for talking about Moshiach and pushing and clamoring for Moshiach's imminent arrival.

But the Rebbe was a true educator and asked Chasidim to be honest: did they want Moshiach, or were they saying it because he was saying it? Did they want Moshiach like they want life itself, or did they want Moshiach because the Rebbe wanted Moshiach? Were they losing sleep over Moshiach, or were they just dreaming about Moshiach as they slumbered peacefully?

It was a good question, and the Rebbe asked it often.

But that evening, the Rebbe really let us have it. The Rebbe said that he had done all he could to show us how to do it; how to really, truly want Moshiach - and yet, to no avail. We were still following orders. We were repeating meaningful slogans, but that was not the goal. Why weren't we WITH him in this?

And then, the Rebbe let us have it, literally. He said, from here on out, it's in your hands. I'm giving this project to you. I am letting you have it. Take it and run with it and please don't stop until you've brought Moshiach.

Despite forty years of efforts, the Rebbe did not give up on his Chasidim. In fact, to the contrary. In the same breath that he let us have it for wasting precious time by following him instead of really learning from him, the Rebbe let us have his most cherished dream, giving it to us and trusting us to make it come true.

What leadership. What a challenge! And here we are, with the keys to the world in our pockets, having been dropped there by the great Lubavitcher Rebbe himself.

Today is the 35th anniversary of that talk. What shall we do?

We know how to yearn. We yearn for peace in Israel. We yearn for the soldiers to go home. We yearn for an end to the financial turmoil, and to the endless wars and conflict. We yearn for an end to catastrophic disease. We yearn for the phone to ring with new business and we yearn for our children to succeed in everything they try. Everyone has things they yearn for. We know how to do it. It's simply a matter of putting Moshiach at the top of the list.

And what is Moshiach? Peace in Israel, soldiers home, no financial turmoil, no wars or conflict, no more disease, abundance like never before, endless pride and joy in our kids - and much more! So what's there not to want? Let's start with that and build the dream from there. Let's yearn like we've never yearned before.

WE WANT MOSHIACH NOW. No, we really do. (No, really.)

Rabbi Eli Friedman
Chabad of Calabasas

03/18/2026

The Annual Gala Dinner and Concert - Let's Go!

In just about two months, with Hashem's help, we will be celebrating 23 years of the community at Chabad of Calabasas, with the annual gala dinner and concert.

The gala is scheduled for Tuesday, May 19th, Sivan 3, at The Canyon in Agoura Hills, and yes, we'll welcome back the inimitable Benny Friedman.

The gala has become an annual highlight for many people. Exquisite decor and cuisine, uplifting presentations and experiences, and of course, Benny and his beautiful music.

The need for strong, united and energetic Jewish communities has become ever more urgent, and along with that, there is a heightened sense of duty and honor in sustaining and strengthening our own beautiful community.

This elegant and enjoyable evening supports everything that is beloved about Chabad of Calabasas. The success of the gala is the success of the community, and everyone who depends on it.

Please join the gala effort with your contributions, attendance and enthusiastic recruiting of friends and family to join you at this greatly popular and vital annual event.

Let's go!

https://www.calabasasgala.com/

03/04/2026

01/23/2026

LUMINOUS DAYS

A former long-time Mossad psychologist recently said, concerning the surviving hostages of October 7, that in his long hours dealing with them and their stories, he discovered an amazing - but not surprising - pattern among most of the hostages. When he asked them if they could do it all over again, go back to October 6, and make different choices that would not have them in the danger zone on the 7th, what would they do? Most of them replied that they wouldn't change a thing, because their captivity was the hardest and yet the greatest experience of their lives. They spoke about their pre-captivity selves and their post-captivity selves, and how they discovered themselves in the darkness.

Many of them spoke of their gratitude for having uncovered their own souls and their solid connection with G-d. So many became more observant in their Judaism after release because of how keenly they felt G-d's presence with them in captivity.

When one hears those incredible words, one cannot help but remember the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe (pictured) saying the same thing about his weeks in mortal danger in the summer of 1927. The Soviet secret police had arrested him and charged him with working against the revolution with religious activism, a charge that carried the death penalty. For weeks, he languished in their dreaded Shpalerka prison, subjected to physical and psychological torture. They threatened his life over and over, and he heard executions being carried out in the courtyard below. With sublime miracles, he went free on his birthday a few weeks later.

The Rebbe, too, declared that though those were terribly painful weeks, he wouldn't exchange them for anything in the world.

The Rebbe's words are spectacular (translated from the Yiddish):

"In the course of a lifetime, Divine Providence engineers particular periods which sometimes change a man’s very nature. They develop his gifts and set him up at a particular height, so that he can gaze upon the ultimate purpose for which a man lives his life on the face of the earth.

"Above all, a man’s personality and gifts are most intensely escalated by a period rich in suffering which is inflicted on account of his vigorous endeavors for an ideal. This is particularly so if he struggles and battles with his pursuers and persecutors for the sake of preserving and advancing his religious faith.

"Such a period, though fraught with affliction of the body and suffering of the spirit, is rich in powerful impressions. Such days are the luminous days in a man’s life."

As we observe the Rebbe's Yartzeit this coming week, we recall his life and his enduring message.

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"Come," says G-d to Moses in this week's Parshah, "let's go to Pharaoh, and you tell him to send My People out."

As the famous story of the Exodus progresses, G-d's instructions to Moses change from "Go to Pharaoh," to "Come to Pharaoh."

As one goes through the hardest and most challenging moments of their life, they slowly begin to sense G-d there alongside them. G-d has not sent you off on this journey alone. He has invited you to come along with Him. He will hold your hand, and you'll go through it together. It will be hard, nearly impossible. But when it ends, you might find yourself looking back fondly on those days, those moments of tangible closeness with Your Creator.

In the Rebbe's unforgettable words, "though fraught with affliction of the body and suffering of the spirit...such days are the luminous days in a man’s life."

Whether life takes you into Pharoah's inner chamber, Soviet imprisonment, the Gaza tunnels, or any other harrowing challenge, take these words to heart and know you are not alone. In fact, you are closer to G-d than ever, closer than you will ever be.

Good Shabbos, Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Eli Friedman
Chabad of Calabasas

01/16/2026

G-D WANTS TO TELL YOU SOMETHING

This week's Parshah is about King Pharaoh.

Then again, when are we NOT talking about Pharaoh? Between the Parshas and the Passover holiday, it seems like we're talking about that guy about half the time! Seriously!

Does anyone today really care that over 3,000 years ago, a wicked man did wicked things? There are some thoroughly wicked people doing wicked things right now, even as these words are typed out. Why are we obsessing over Pharaoh when we could be writing about the Ayatollahs and Israel's other modern-day haters?

Indeed, it is not just Pharaoh. We have been reading the same book, with the same stories, over and over and over again, for thousands and thousands of years! The stories of Pharaoh, and Creation, and Noah and the great flood, and on and on - everyone knows the stories already! Why do we keep re-reading them? Are we afraid that after 3,000 years, we may have missed some detail?

The answer is that the Torah was given to us by G-d, the Torah's stories were told by G-d, and since G-d is infinite and timeless, it is always happening. Something timeless does not and can not get old. If it happened yesterday, it happens today brand new, like it never happened before. It is always new, always fresh, and always relevant.

Furthermore, G-d tells us that He sees each of us as if we were His only child. More than simply numbers in a large and important nation, each one of us is all G-d has. This, too, is one of the unique powers of the infinite: one is just like a million and a million is just like one. In G-d's infinite view, the great, grand universe is like a single grain of sand, and one, small individual is like the whole world to Him. We are each His only child.

Thus, G-d is telling the story right now, and He is telling it just to me (and just to you). It's urgently relevant.

Now the question is, why? Why is it so important to G-d that I should know the story of Pharaoh? Why does He so badly want to tell ME that story? It's puzzling enough that He finds it eternally fascinating; why does He need ME to know it?

That is the big question. And that is the kind of question that keeps the Torah from stagnating and falling out of fashion. Studying the Torah is about far more than preserving an antiquity; it's about reading an urgent, just-arrived overnight letter from the Creator of the Universe, addressed to ME! I tear it open and find - this week's Parshah! Why? Why me? Why these stories? What is He trying to tell me? What am I supposed to be understanding here? There's obviously some urgency here - what's the message?

Omer Shemtov, one of the heroic hostages in Gaza, talked about the Torah booklet he had been given in captivity. He had been given this booklet by an Arab who had found it left behind after the IDF moved on from the area. The booklet was called "Dvar Malchut" and it is a weekly publication from Chabad containing the weekly study portions of Torah, Tanya, Rambam, Chassidut, and many other entries. Omer said he cherished this booklet like a fountain of life. He read and re-read every word, every paragraph, every essay. While thousands of people across the world casually study this booklet in the course of one week, Omer read it and drew strength from it for months and months of bitter captivity.

And isn't that how we should read it, too? Omer feels that G-d dropped this booklet from Heaven for him, specifically and thoughtfully for him. And did not G-d not drop the Torah from Heaven for each of us? He surely did. The weekly Torah portion is a carefully penned letter from G-d, written carefully and precisely, with words intended for us and our personal lives.

The booklet Omer was given was the Dvar Malchut from this week, Parshat Va-era, in the winter of 2023-2024. (The image below features his parents holding the booklet after his return to them.) Allow me to quote two passages that just happened to find themselves in the booklet that week:

1. "I have now heard the moaning of the Israelites because the Egyptians are holding them in bo***ge, and I have remembered My covenant. Say, therefore, to the Israelite people: I am G-d. I will free you from the labors of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bo***ge. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and through extraordinary chastisements. And I will take you to be My people, and I will be your God...I will bring you into the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob...”

2. Within every Jew there is a hidden reserve - a goldmine - of Yirat Shamayim (Fear of Heaven). During times of sacrifice, this treasury of Yisrat Shamayim surfaces and inspires the Jew to rise to the heights of closeness to G-d, to a loftiness beyond what any mind could grasp."

This is a sliver of the booklet that "randomly" happened to fall into Omer's hands. It saved his sanity, and saved his life.

My friends, G-d is talking to us in the Torah. Not just to us - to me, to you, to each of us, to our problems, our fears, our issues, our personal lives and everything going on in them. No Parshah is over-emphasized. No story - about Pharaoh or anyone else - is irrelevant or passe.

Listen closely when they read the Torah and follow along with your heart and your mind. At the right time, you will find your questions answered, your fears allayed, your dilemmas resolved, and your goldmine of Yirat Shamayim stirred to the surface by G-d's endless, bottomless, indescribable love for you.

Good Shabbos, Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Eli Friedman
Chabad of Calabasas

01/09/2026

THE FOURTEEN-PERCENTERS

Having grown up in the palace, Moshe had influence. And he used that influence to help his brothers and sisters, the Jewish People who were enslaved to Pharaoh. One of his greatest achievements was when he convinced the king that the Jews should be given a breather once every seven days, a day to recover and gather their strength for the workweek ahead. This breather would make for stronger, more durable slaves. When the king consented, Moshe arranged for the Jews to have Shabbat off.

The Jews knew what Shabbat was, what it was all about. They understood that it was more than what Moshe had told the king. It was more than a day "off"; it was their day "on". Every Shabbat, the Jews would pull out their "redemption scrolls" and review them. These were scrolls upon which the Jews had recorded G-d's promises to their ancestors regarding them. G-d had decreed that they would be enslaved, but also that they would not be slaves in perpetuity. G-d had made solemn vows that they would ultimately go free amid great honor and wealth. The scrolls had these promises inscribed upon them, and every Shabbat the Jews would read and re-read them, refreshing their hopes and dreams of freedom.

When G-d finally sent Moshe to confront Pharaoh and inform him that the time had come and the Jews were to go free, Pharaoh reacted very negatively. He refused to send the Jews out, and he increased the burden of their labor. He decreed that the Jews should now have to find their own raw materials in addition to doing the actual labor, and that their quotas would remain the same even with the increased workload. And then he decreed: no more day off. No more Shabbat. No more reading the redemption scrolls. No more dreaming and hoping.

Where he once thought Shabbat was a benign and harmless day off, he now realized that it was not so. Moshe had ignited a long-burning ember in the Jewish soul by informing them that redemption was at hand. He had no need to persuade because for so many decades, every seven days, they had been nursing this belief that they were not forgotten and that redemption would come. When Moshe arrived, they were ready to go! So Pharaoh said, no more; Shabbat observance is more than simply a day off; it's when the eternal Jewish spirit turns on - it is a threat and a danger to the stability of the situation.

How right he was. But unfortunately for him, it was too late.

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There are two paths for those who go to work.

Path number one is to work out of a quiet sense of desperation. This path carries the motto of, "If you don't work, you don't eat." The belief system is a drab, practical one: life is full of holes, and those holes need to be plugged. To eat, you need money to buy food. To clothe yourself, you need money to buy clothes. To find shelter, you need money to pay for a roof over your head. And to get money, you need to go to work. So, unless you want to be hungry, exposed, and homeless, it's hi-ho, hi-ho, off to work you go.

Path number two is working out of a quiet sense of obligation. This path carries the Torah's motto of, "Man was born to toil." The belief system is founded upon a lofty but sensible ideal that sustenance of every kind is provided by the Creator, yet one must work for that is the calling of mankind upon the earth. Unlike wildlife, we are expected to partner with G-d in the creation process, and that means perfecting the world in any way one can. Paint, plumb, build, write, practice medicine or law, but whatever you do, be productive and give it all you've got. It's only right.

What's the difference between these two paths?

Those who go to work down the first path go with a sense of desperation. You have to work because of what would happen if you didn't. You have to work to plug the holes in life. You have to go to work to stave off the threat of hunger or deprivation, G-d forbid. And the more money you can get into your bank account, the larger the distance you put between yourself and those daunting prospects. And in this sense, even the most comfortable people are one bad market day from a nervous breakdown, G-d forbid. Their mental and emotional health rests upon their income - not a very stable perch.

And taking off a day for Shabbat? Usually unthinkable. When life feels like you're pushing a boulder uphill, how can you think of resting for 25 hours? The boulder will roll backwards downhill, and all that progress will unravel! While you pray and study, your clients will desert you, deals will come apart, connections will fray, agreements will expire, your accomplishments will roll backwards, and maybe even run you over! No, Shabbat is the luxury of the wealthy. No can do. Not because you don't want to, but because you're too fearful and desperate. Gotta keep the pedal to the metal or you start rolling downhill.

Furthermore, those who go down this first path will all-too-often derive the meaning in their life from plugging the holes. They jump out of bed in the morning, eager and ready to go slay the dragons and plug holes. They are animated and energized by the rat-race, by the great adventure which is staying financially secure. Should that threat vanish in a torrent of prosperity, they are at great risk of losing their sense of purpose and meaning. With no holes left to plug, why get out of bed in the morning? And if you're born into a family with no holes to plug? Forget about it. It's party time ad infinitum.

Those who go down the second path try to work from a place of noble obligation. They try to nurture a sense of inner peace from the belief that they are in G-d's hands. They trust Him. They try to avoid feelings of fear and desperation. If G-d is in control, what room is there for worry? Hard work, on the other hand, is surely called for. And so off to work they go, but without the anxiety. Their hard work is driven by positive energy, a love of hard work, and a sense of healthy responsibility to their Creator and their customers or clients. A market turn doesn't turn their stomachs. A client meltdown doesn't cause panic. A canceled deal doesn't destroy them. If G-d changes the channel on them, they lean forward, eager to see what's coming next, confident that it will be something even better than before. They go with the popular adage of, "Rejection is G-d's protection." They see opportunity in every setback. Their's is a healthier business lifestyle.

And they can happily take Shabbat off. Feeling how G-d is driving their fortunes forward, they heed His request to take Friday night and Saturday off. They don't fear their progress unraveling because they don't feel like they're putting out fires and plugging holes. Their work is meaningful and purposeful, and Shabbat is just another form of the same meaning and purpose.

Actually, Shabbat is the motherload of all that purpose and meaning. Every Shabbat, they pull out their figurative scrolls and remind themselves of their loftiest hopes and dreams: a G-d-given mission on earth, a constant source of clarity and energy, and a sublime goal to work toward. As Pharaoh discovered the hard way, Shabbat is not merely a breather, a day off; it is a day to plug in and turn on. It's the day when the Jews reconnect to the source of all life, success, beauty, purpose, and love. Immersed for 25 hours in pure G-dly energy, the Jew emerges Saturday energized for the week, brimming with the healthiest kind of energy with which to imbue the weekdays. A sacred Shabbat makes for an only slightly less sacred workweek.

This attitude keeps life meaningful through all the ups and downs. The person stays calm even during lean times, and driven even during the good times, even when business is booming and even after they've made enough money to retire. Because G-d is in control, and work is an honor and a duty.

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All this is the gift of Shabbat. Shabbat is a day when we refrain not only from business but also from writing, gardening, sewing, baking, and a host of other creative activities. The result is a completely open day, when we have real time to truly invest in activities of the soul. Private and communal Torah study and prayer, joyous and song-filled Shabbat meals with friends and family, deepening and enriching our sense of purpose, vision and a higher way of living.

Who knew that 14% of life could change the rest of it so dramatically?

Indeed, even through the slavery in Egypt, the Jews kept the Shabbat, and the Shabbat kept the Jews, and it goes on to this very day.

Good Shabbos, Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Eli Friedman
Chabad of Calabasas

12/26/2025

WHISPERING FLAMES

Not yet. I'm not ready to let Chanukah go yet. There is nothing in our Jewish year quite as comforting and soothing as the Chanukah lights, and we cannot move on from them just yet.

The Previous Rebbe was fond of saying that one must listen closely to what the Chanukah lights are saying. And obviously, they whisper so softly, it's easy to miss it. But whisper they do, and that's why it's important not to light and run but to linger by the Menorah for at least a half-hour, watching and listening, taking in everything these tiny, miraculous flames have to say.

What did the flames say to you this year?

Here's what I heard.

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Education is the hardest occupation. Most of us can remember, with more than a touch of shame, the hard times we gave our parents and our teachers, people who were trying to open our childish eyes and minds to greater wisdom. They were trying to raise us, to raise us up, but we resisted. We pushed back, we were uncooperative and insolent, and sometimes we were downright rude - to these wise and gentle people.

Education is all about looking past the surface and seeing deeper. It's about overlooking the whining child who insists that he has no desire to learn and seeing the inner child, the one who will thank you, over and over, for years to come, for everything you taught him, despite his protestations. It's about looking past the superficial complacency with ignorance and seeing the hunger for wisdom deep inside the child. Education is no walk in the park.

Chanukah is all about education. In fact, the word Chanukah means education. We are supposed to be teaching the world, raising the world, illuminating the world with the Torah's wisdom. The Holy Temple itself was the ultimate Teacher's Lounge, if you will. It was the source of all the light we were supposed to be sharing with the world.

And yes, it was the holy Menorah which shone that light, the light of wisdom, holiness, goodness, and kindness - the light that changed the world from a jungle to a garden. The Menorah's light was Israel's greatest gift to humanity. The light created civilizations, systems of justice and learning, modernity, norms of charity and hospitality, cleanliness and human dignity, and everything humanity has come to love.

But not all of humanity. The Greeks despised the Menorah's light and sought to darken it. For inexplicable reasons that even they couldn't fully explain, they felt threatened by Israel's light. Albeit a priceless contribution to the betterment of life everywhere, they hated it. They ridiculed it, they condemned it, and eventually, they went after it.

The Greeks thought they were darkening Jewish life when they shattered the Menorah and defiled the oil, and they certainly were. But they were pulling the blinders down over their own eyes, too, casting themselves into the darkness of a backwards society and a pagan culture, and canceling their own education at the cost of their own progress and intelligence. How utterly foolish, and yet, that is what happened.

Like so many teachers, we agonized over it. After all, the light was not simply ours to enjoy and dominate; we were meant to share it and shine it. But how to share it when the students want no part of it? When they mock it and ban it and attack it?

And so we went on teaching, and they went on tormenting. It's education; no one said it was going to be easy.

On Chanukah, the tiny flames celebrate the long victory of light over darkness, despite the temporary setbacks of darkness shutting out the light. Chanukah celebrates the triumph of education over barbarism, despite the many short-term setbacks. It celebrates wisdom over foolishness, intelligence over hedonism, purpose over mindlessness, and G-dliness over materialism.

And when the world pushes back at the light and attacks us even as we gather to light up the Menorah, the little flames tell us to dig deep and remember that we are the teachers. The world may be the classroom, humanity may be the class, but our contract is with Hashem, and our luminous mission comes from Him.

It is not always a popular mission, and it is often a dangerous one. Darkness does not like light and will go to great lengths to avoid it or cancel it. But our work is cut out for us. As unbelievable as it might be that people would attack us for bettering the world - their world! - our contract is not up. The class goes on, and the education continues. And the satisfaction that comes with success? The Nachat of watching a student's eyes widen with wonder and discovery? That day is coming.

The little flames tell us to look to Yosef for inspiration. Yosef, whose dramatic story always coincides with Chanukah, dreamed of majesty, and others were frightened by it. Little did they know that his dreams were visions of how he would eventually be in a position of power to rescue them and their families from a historic famine. His own brothers punished him for his dreams, but he never gave up on them - his dreams or his brothers.

Our dream, too, is a monumental one but a dangerous one. We are misunderstood, slandered, libeled, and attacked. But like Yosef, we dream on and we shine on. The haters hate, but the education is happening. We may pay a steep price for being the teachers, but teach we shall. It's who we are; it's what we are.

The little Chanukah flames whisper softly to our hearts, each of them urging us on:

Hashem is with you.

Our mission will succeed.

Don't give up on the class.

Don't give up on the lesson.

Don't give in to the darkness.

Don't give up on your dreams.

Don't give up on humanity.

Moshiach is almost here.

Good Shabbos, Shabbat Shalom!

Rabbi Eli Friedman
Chabad of Calabasas

Photo by Sholom Friedman