A US official who visited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office this week was surprised to discover an unusual display placed in a central location in the office: A rare set of "Tanya" volumes, printed in various cities in Lebanon during the First Lebanon War.
The books were printed in Tyre, Sidon, and Beirut, as per the instructions of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. They were gifted to the Prime Minister by Rabbi Yosef Yizchak Hacohen Aharonov, the head of the "shlichut" (emissary) operations in Israel. The set is now placed at the foot of the famous map of the Middle East, which Netanyahu uses for his strategic briefings .(Read More)
