This Ma’amar said by the Rebbe on his fiftieth birthday deals with the idea of this Possuk which is added at the beginning of the Amida and appears to interrupt the סמיכות גאולה לתפילה. The Gemara explains it using the logic of תפילה אריכתה. The Ma’amar explains that תפילה אריכתא means much more than an…

Short Version Introduction:Farbrengen Short Version Part One: Six words: 1) Derech 2) Torah 3) Aidus, 4) Pikudim, 5) Chukim, 6) Mitzvos Short Version Part Two: Last six words: 7) Mishpatim, 8) Tzedaka, 9) Devarim, 10) Amiros, 11) Orach, 12) Niflaos Kapital 119 (5780/ 2020) Class One.176 Pesukim, longest Parsha (Nasso) longest Kapital Tehillim (119) and…

An overview of some ideas and quotes that are basic to the Rebbe’s teachings.

(this is a Ma’amar (one of two) said at the farbrengen for 11 Nissan; the Rebbe turned sixty years old that year). Class One. Tohu and Tikun, what is the reason for the difference? This Ma’amar explores this question all the way to the highest source, and explains that it has to do with how…

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Bayom Ashtei Asar Yom 5731 PDF Bayom Ashtei Asar Yom 5731, Class One.This class includes Perek 1, 10, 11, 12, 13 of the Ma’amar.The questions are raised (in the beginning) and resolved (in the end). Which comes first, Yidden’s choosing Hashem? or Hashem’s choosing Yidden? and the answer… His choosing Yidden allows Yidden to choose…

A gift to the Rebbe, by understanding the gift OF the Rebbe.

Stories and thoughts about the Rebbe, leadership and sacrifice. The audio quality isn’t that good, we’re sorry.

The word זה can only really refer to Hashem Himself, because in everything He is the true substance of it. However, the word זה is also used for G-Dliness because of its דביקות, attachedness to Him. To be sure קליפה is also called (occasionally) זה לעומת זה, because it only exists to challenge Yidden to…

1) Defiance, 2) Principle, 3) Sacrifice, 4) Action.