The Instruction to R’ Pinchas

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On this week’s program:

Shlomo Hamelech “sanctified Yerushalayim for then and forever” because “the sanctification of Yerushalayim comes from the Shechina and the Sh’echina is not removed,” the Rambam says.

The Rebbe derives from this that if a Jew finds himself today in Yerushalayim, or in front of the Kosel, he should know that it is the same sanctification there today as in the days of the first Beis Hamikdosh.

Weekly story: When the Rebbe instructed R’ Pinchas Cunin, who passed away 2 weeks ago, to eat during the 9 Days.