Three Thousand of The Rebbe's Shluchos

Sunday evening I was able to view the Shluchos Kinus via a live video hookup. There were many speakers, the most touching for me was the special tribute by Chani Lifshitz from Katmandu, Nepal, who dedicated her speech to her very best friend and sister Shlucha Rivki Holtzberg HY"D.

Needless to say the tears returned.

Shturem.org has a video presentation and a very fine photo essay by Odelia S.



COLlive.com also covered the event and likewise has a very fine collection of videos and pictures.

Coming out of the Kinus is a very special Initiative called "Rivkah's Tent." So named, as written by Dvora Lakein (of lubavitch.com):

"The Midrash in Bereishit Rabbah 60 speaks of the candles that burned and the challah that remained fresh from week to week in Sarah’s tent. These, and the cloud of glory that rested above, disappeared upon her passing. They were only to return when her daughter-in-law, Rivkah, arrived and married her son."

Rivki's legacy revolves around the way she performed the three mitzvot inherent in the life of a Jewish woman: kosher food, family purity, and the kindling of Shabbat and holiday lights."

A curriculum is being devised to enable the Shluchos to share this legacy with the women in their communities.

I urge the women who may read this, to visit CoLlive and Shturem to view the videos and read the coverage of the Kinus. When people are wondering what to do to bring back children, sisters and daughters who have left their heritage in search of something 'more' spiritual, one should recognize that these Shluchos dedicate their lives to doing just that, reuniting HaShem's children with their very own beautiful and meaningful spiritual legacy.

This was The Rebbe's vision.

Woman to woman they reach out to the distant and bring them close to the warmth and preciousness of their own Jewish heritage.