Only You Can Light Your Own Candle

Before his historic first meeting with newly elected U.S. President Jimmy Carter in 1977, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin asked Israel's ambassador, Yehuda Avner, to arrange a meeting with the Rebbe, Rabbi M.M. Schneerson in New York to receive his guidance and blessings. The Rebbe and Begin shared a close relationship and engaged in numerous discussions regarding the spiritual and security challenges facing the Jewish people and Israel.