What the sheva brachos ask for, and the home our Rebbe asked every couple to build.
In this part
- The sheva brachos over the cup: binyan adei ad, the joy of Gan Eden, love and brotherhood, peace and friendship.
- A mikdash me’at: kosher mezuzos, a home full of seforim, mitzvos and kindness.
- A pushka fixed in the kitchen, a home open wide, and a home lit by Chassidus.
- The third partner, chinuch from the very first day, and children proud to be soldiers in Hashem’s army.
- This world as the erusin, and the days of Moshiach as the nisuin.
Sources
- Kesubos 8a
- Sheva Brachos
- Yirmiyahu 33:10–11
- Our Rebbe's wedding letter
- Mazal Tov ch. 7
- Our Rebbe, Shluchos convention 5749
- Shluchos 5749
- Bayis Malei Seforim campaign (1974)
- Sefer HaSichos 5749 p. 2 (in Mazal Tov ch. 4)
- Pirkei Avos 1:5
- Kiddushin 30b
- Toras Menachem vol. 10 p. 199
- Rema EH 61:1
- Yevamos 62a
- Likkutei Sichos vol. 1, Lech Lecha
- Tzivos Hashem, founded by the Rebbe, 5741 (1980)
- Mishnah Taanis 4:8 (Taanis 26b)
- Shemos Rabbah 15:31
- Sefer HaSichos 5749 p. 2
Review questions
- What do the words “binyan adei ad” in the sheva brachos teach?From the very first couple, a marriage is built as an everlasting edifice.
- What did our Rebbe ask every couple to make of their home?A home where Hashem can dwell, a mikdash me’at: kosher mezuzos, a home full of seforim, mitzvos and kindness (Shluchos convention 5749).
- Who is “the third partner”?Hashem. There are three partners in a person: Hashem, the father and the mother (Kiddushin 30b).
- How is marriage connected to Moshiach?This world is the erusin, the betrothal; the days of Moshiach will be the nisuin, the wedding itself.
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