Rabbi Naftali Wasserman (Photo: Dov Ber Hechtman, Chabad Info)
These days Chabad Chassidim celebrate the month of redemption beginning in the month of Kislu, centered on the 19th day of Kislu - known in Hasidism as the "Holiday of Redemption" or "Rosh Hashanah for Hasids".
On this day Chabad commemorates the release of the old Rebbe Zia from the Russian prison in 1919.
This year, there was a surprising innovation that comes from an unexpected direction - from the Lithuanian world.
A new initiative from Rabbi Naftali Wasserman's seminary - a daily taniya study, by a short 5-minute audio lesson, sent directly to the phone by a unique WhatsApp bot.
Rabbi Wasserman became known for the project of making the Jewish bookcase accessible, which began with the daily 10-minute page lessons, and up to short lessons in the Bible, Mishnah, Halacha and more, distributed in thousands of WhatsApp groups, in 10 languages, in over 100 countries, with the aim of simplifying the study, so that even a person traveling on the road - can in a few minutes learn Torah and finish Shas or Other basic books.
As mentioned now, on the occasion of the 10th of Kislu, Rabbi Wasserman, who in fact comes from the Lithuanian world, is launching the Taniya project, under which daily and short Taniya lessons will be distributed in thousands of groups and WhatsApp. The lessons will be given by Rabbi Nadav Cohen - known for his special clarity.
In a conversation with Rabbi Wasserman, he explains the The rationale behind the surprising initiative: "For many years I have been making efforts to reach every Jew in the world, in every language and everywhere.
We currently operate in ten languages, in over a hundred countries.
The idea behind the enterprise - is short lessons, for learning on the go, in a pleasant way, up to 10 minutes per lesson."
According to him, "In light of the great demand, even among audiences who are not Chabad followers, I dreamed for many years - to also do short daily lessons in the Sefer HaTanya, To make it accessible to those tens of thousands of people who already use our platforms and to reveal to them and to others - the Sefer HaTanya which is a cornerstone of Torah schools."
Rabbi Wasserman says about his special connection to Chabad Hassidism: "Although I come from the Lithuanian world, in recent years I have been exposed to the tremendous activity of the Chabad Halacha Institute - which brings together dozens of rabbis, teaching teachers and counselors, from all over the world, and makes Halacha accessible in an admirable way."
"For me," he adds, "the Chabad Halacha Institute - is an example of the fact that if we thought that Chabad had already done everything - here the institute came and established an entire Torah world that had not yet been seen in Chabad and in the Jewish world in general, and in practice fulfills the Halacha's constant commandment of The Rebbe shines the light of the Torah everywhere.
" "I will also mention the Chabad media person Ami Maimon, who connected me to the topic, initiated and assisted. Now, every person can study on the road, in a car or bus or while walking - easily and pleasantly the book of the Tanya, By sending a message to the WhatsApp bot with the number 058-4000759. You are invited to try it and join thousands from all over the world,
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