On the Essence of Ritual Impurity
We cannot logically understand the Divine laws of niddah and Family Purity, but we can try to understand them spiritually.
View ArticleBelief in Moshiach
"Moshiach does not want to overwhelm us, because if he were going to overwhelm us, he could have come 100 years ago"
View ArticleFortysomething
Something about turning forty makes it different from all other birthdays. What is so significant about this number that makes us approach it with such ambivelent feelings?
View ArticleA Man Apart
He made of each Chasid a "rebbe," made each Chasid feel that responsibility and love for every Jew, made each Jew sense her or his own greatness and holiness.
View ArticleReflections on Leave-Taking
We really should not have to die at all, despite Adam's sin. And G-d, so to speak, is sensitive to this. It "embarrasses" Him...
View ArticlePutting Women in the Picture - The Rebbe’s views on women today
A personal account of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s attitude towards feminism.
View ArticleJewish Grandchildren - Beyond the usual platitudes, why is the family so...
My aim here is not to engage directly in arguments about the Torah's view of homosexuality, or feminism, or the problems of singles in the Jewish community. Rather, these questions have raised for me a...
View ArticleFeminism and Orthodoxy - What It's All About
The innovations and increase in Torah study of recent generations connects to and is emphasized more in relation to women...
View ArticleOn the Essence of Chassidus - עִנְיָנָהּ שֶׁל תּוֹרַת הַחֲסִידוּת
This landmark discourse explores the contribution of Chasidus to a far deeper and expanded understanding of Torah. The Rebbe analyzes the relationship Chasidus has with Kabbalah, the various dimensions...
View ArticleAppendix - Excerpt from a Talk by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Last Day of...
1It is written in the Zohar: Zohar I: 117a “In the sixth century of the sixth millenium, [The “sixth century of the sixth millennium” (5600-5700) corresponds to the years 1740-1840. See Likkutei...
View ArticleOn The Essence of Chasidus - עִנְיָנָהּ שֶׁל תּוֹרַת הַחֲסִידוּת
I. The Creative Contributions of Chasidus Many explanations have heretofore been given concerning the nature of Chasidus, See also On the Teachings of Chasidus and On the Learning of Chasidus by R....
View Articleהוספה - קטע משיחת אחרון של פסח, ה'תש"ל רשימת אחד השומעים
אאִיתָא בְּזֹהַרח"א קיז, א. "וּבְשִׁית מְאָה שְׁנִין לִשְׁתִיתָאָה יִתְפַּתְּחוּן תַּרְעֵי דְחָכְמְתָא לְעֵילָּא וּמַבּוּעֵי דְחָכְמְתָא לְתַתָּא וכו'וְסִימָּנָךְ בִּשְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה לְחַיֵּי נֹחַ...
View Articleעִנְיָנָהּ שֶׁל תּוֹרַת הַחֲסִידוּת
עִנְיָנָהּ שֶׁל תּוֹרַת הַחֲסִידוּת (קטע משיחת חג גאולת אדמו"ר הזקן — י"ט כסלו ה'תשכ"ו. וראה להלן הערה מו. א בַּנּוֹגֵעַ לְעִנְיָנָהּ שֶׁל תּוֹרַת הַחֲסִידוּת ראה ג"כ קונטרס תורת החסידות וקונטרס לימוד החסידות...
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