Class One. Page 89-90. Why Torah is so important but must be accompanied by the Neshama of the Torah. Class Two. Page 90-92. Many levels of Shelo Lishma, from the very sublime to the most coarse. The highest (as fine as it is) leads one slowly downward until the very lowest levels. 1) To know…

Class Seven. Page 64-5. Agudas Neshei Ubnos ChaBaD. The idea is based on the Frierdike Rebbe’s letter about writing Sichos in English for the sake of the women and girls. They must act immediately. Class Eight. Page 65-8. The idea of a daughters rebelling against her mother and a daughter in law against a mother…

Sicha One. Class One. Introduction to the farbrengen: times change and opportunities vanish; you must not pass up an opportunity which will not be here tomorrow. In this case: the Kochos of the days leading up to Shavuous won’t be around forever, and we must use them while we have them. Page 167-9. Class Two….

Yosef’s death marks the end of Braishis because the substance of Shmos- exile to conquer the world must be inspired and initiated by the avos. Yosef’s death and Golus empower those who follow after him.

Two classes (from 5770/ 2009) on the Alter Rebbe’s entire life (on a personal level) was an endless pursuit of absolute truth. Class One, Emes (5770/ 2009). Class Two, Emes (5770/ 2009) His Emes (5774/ 2013, long version, Beis Rivka). His Emes (5774/ 2013, short, Beis Midrash Linashim).

A series of classes on the life of the Alter Rebbe given at Yeshivas Chovevai Torah, beginning in Adar 5773/2013. Class One. The Alter Rebbe’s illustrious ancestry, the seventh generation from the MahaRaL of Prague. The family emigrated eastward where the Yiddishkiet was stronger. Reb Schneer Zalman, the Alter Rebbe’s father’s father chose to be…

A thought on a New York Times article making the Chanukah story into a war between factions of Jews. But he still is lighting the candles. Shimon HaTzadik prayed that Alexander of Macedonia should succeed and what it means to world history from a Jewish (religious) point of view.  

The Rebbe on what a Rebbe is. The Rebbe describes what a Rebbe is in order to explain how ludicrous it is to think he’d lie. This document is an insight into what the Rebbe thinks of being a Rebbe and we learned this on Hey Teves 5774. Part Two. The Rebbe lives on in…

Is this true every year or just that one time. הימים האלו נזכרים ונעשים.

Ya’akov is happy to go to Egypt yet apprehensive. How can this be reconciled. The Rebbe reveals that not only are these two feelings not incompatible they are actually mutually interdependent.