Beside every Chabad Rabbi there's a very special Chabad Rebbetzin. That's what this weekend is all about!
What special days these are, when Dad becomes a stay-at-home Mom! I get to spend valuable time with Yitzi and Mendel while Ettie, Chaya and Hinda freeze in New York with thousands of other Jewish women and their daughters at the international Chabad Women’s conference conference for incredible community leaders. They will attend five days of workshops and lectures, and the convention coincides with the yahrzeit anniversary of the passing of the Rebbitzin Chaya Mushka, wife of the Rebbe. The Rebbitzin embodied the highest values of love and concern for others in a most dignified and brilliant way. She shared the honor, responsibilities, and privilege of leading the worldwide Chabad with the Rebbe
The cardiologist Dr. Ira Weiss, who attended to the Rebbe and the Rebbistzin in their later years, related how the Rebbe once said to him, “The few moments each day that I spend over a cup of tea with my wife are as important to me as the daily mitzvah of putting on tefilin….”
He always recognized that their life was a team effort, and this is what you see here in Naples. Ettie and I are proud to serve as Rabbi and Rebbitzin. It's more than amazing how Ettie has partnered with me to provide this community with incredible accomplishments, and manages to juggle a million issues in the air – all at once – and is somehow able to stay on top of every detail with such remarkable wisdom, calm and poise. This is a day and a time we honor and recognize the Rebbiztin and all that she does.
Have you spend any quality time appreciating your loved one lately? Try it — it can have amazing results!