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This library contains over 230 classes spanning from 2005 to the present. Each entry normally includes an audio recording of the discussion as well as the Hebrew source text for you to follow along in depth. Many of the more recent classes also include video.
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe for Sedra Acharei Kedoshim in 1988. Concluding the depiction of the service in the Sanctuary on Yom Kippur, the Torah states 'before G-d you will be purified'...
This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 5735 (as a continuation of his maamarim on Yetziat Mitzrayim from Pesach and Shmini that year), discusses the verse "UveRoshei Chodsheichem" and how all Rosh...
This discourse, taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Hachodesh in 1975, discusses the double dimension represented by the months of Nisan, revelation from above, and Tishrei, effort from below....
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Yitro in 1965. Near the end of the Sedra, 'The people stand far off and Moshe enters the thick cloud'. The discourse discusses the nature of...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Parshat Vayera in 1986. Abraham planted a tree, or an orchard, or set up an inn - the Zohar gives deep kabbalistic meaning to these words, concerning the...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Ki Tavo, 20 Elul, in 1974. It concerns the interrelated quality of the Jew, G-d, and the Torah. The session includes a discussion about the...
The Rebbe taught this Maamar (discourse) in 1968, on Shabbat Parsha Va-etchanan, following the Fast of the Ninth of Av. The Haftorah begins with the words 'be comforted, be comforted, My people'. The...
The Rebbe taught this discourse in the week of Sedra Devarim in 1965, at the conclusion of his saying Kaddish for his mother, Rebbetzin Chana. He edited and published the discourse in 1988 for the...
The Rebbe taught this Discourse on Shabbat Pinchas in 1974. This Sedra includes a full list of the offerings to be offered in the Temple, and the discourse discusses the meaning of the Offerings, and...
This discourse 'VeAtah Tetzaveh', was taught by the Rebbe in 1981 for the Sedra Teztaveh. But in 1992 the Rebbe published an edited version of the discourse, and shortly afterwards had a stroke,...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Parshat Shelach in 1974. It concerns the story of the Spies entering the Land of Canaan. The discourse expolains that they have a mission to elevate the...
This discourse was said on the second night of Pesach in 5730 (1970). It concerns the question of the Wise son mentioned at the Seder. What is he really asking, and what answer is he given?
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Purim in 1970. It explains the special quality of Amalek and how the Jew has the power to eradicate it within his or her own life.
This discourse was taught in the week of Parsha Yitro, which tells of Yitro coming to be with Moses and the Jewish people, and then of the Giving of the Torah. The Zohar links these two events. When...
The Rebbe said this discourse on Shabbat Nitzavim-Vayelech in 1967. It discusses the verse 'if your scattered ones will be at the ends of heaven - G-d will gather them together' (Deut.30:4) and...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Ki Tetze in 1985. The Sedra opens with the idea of a soldier in battle finding a beautiful woman, whom he takes captive, and the Torah regulates his...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Sedra Shofetim in 1966. The opening verse about placing judges at the gate of the city is first explained in terms of the limits of our knowledge of the...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Chazon (Parshat Devarim), the Shabbat before the Fast of Ninth of Av, in 1973. It takes a verse from Lamentations and shows how it has different...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Behaalotecha in 1964. The Sedra begins with Aron 'lighting the lights' and the discourse explains that apart from the seven lights of the Menorah,...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat 10 Shevat 1984, expounding the Previous Rebbe's Bati Legani discourse, particularly focusing chapter 14. In 1950 the Previous Rebbe had published a...
In this discourse, taught by the Rebbe in January 1959, Moses asks G-d 'how can I take the Jewish people out of Egypt? I cannot speak properly..'. G-d answers him: 'Who gave a mouth to man..? ...
The Rebbe taught this interesting discourse on Shabbat Miketz in 1972. It explains that Joseph's battle alone in Egypt was actually on behalf of the whole Jewish people. Kabbalistically, it enabled...
This discourse, taught on Shabbat of Chanukah by the Rebbe in 1966, focuses on the opening verse of the Haftorah from Zacharia 2:14. The discourse explains the spiritual power of Charity, Tzedaka,...
This Discourse was said for Sedra Toledot in 1966. The Scriptural text states that Isaac 'planted' and the crops were a hundredfold more than expected, and G-d blessed him, and he became very great....
This discourse was said by the Rebbe in 1961, in the week of Sedra Noah. It quotes a verse from the Simchat Torah liturgy and shows that it is relevant throughout the year. The main theme of the...
This discourse, said by the Rebbe on the eve of Rosh Hashana in the autumn of 1972, discusses the rule that when Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, one does not sound the Shofar. The Talmud says this is...
This discourse was said by the Rebbe on Shabbat Mattot-Masey, 1966. It concerns the concept of making vows, the subject of the beginning of the Sedra of the week, Sedra Mattot. When a person...
This discourse was taught on Shabbat 12 Tammuz in 1967. On 12-13 Tammuz, 1927, the Previous Rebbe was given his freedom after his arrest on account of his activities strengthening Judaism in the...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat of Sedra Naso, a few days after Shavuot, in 1966. It provides a fascinating perspective on the relation between the Torah and Nature. The essence...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Bemidbar, following Lag B'Omer (which was on the previous Sunday). This Shabbat was just before the outbreak of the Six Day War in Israel. It...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Kedoshim, in 1967. The command 'you should be holy' (Leviticus 19:2) at the beginning of the Sedra is explained by Nachmanides to mean...
The Rebbe taught this discourse, which begins with a quote from the Haggadah, 'We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt..' on Shabbat Parshat Tzav in 1988. It explains that enslavement to Pharaoh comes...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Terumah, 1983. The command in the Torah 'Make for Me a Sanctuary' (Exodus 25:8) is commented on by the Midrash: since the text states 'for...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Mishpatim 1967. A verse in the Sedra speaks of lending money to the poor; this opens a discussion of the 'direction' of our service of G-d. Are we...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Yitro in 1984. The Giving of the Torah was a key moment in history, and especially in the history of the Jewish people. They were...
The Bati Legani (I have come into My garden) series of discourses by the Rebbe are elaborations of his father in law's final discourse with the same name. This discourse from 1983 discusses...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Sedra Bo in 1984. It concerns the two dimensions of Mind and Emotion and the way a personal 'Exodus from Egypt' is achieved when the Mind and Emotion fully...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in January 1967, on Shabbat Sedra Va'era. It discusses why there had to be the pain of the slavery in Egypt - which relates also to the pain of other periods...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Vayishlach, 1982. Jacob's goal was to transform Esau to good. This was the inner meaning in his wrestling with the angel, whom the Sages tell us was the...
The Rebbe said this discourse on Shabbat Vayeitze in 1987. The verse which tells us that 'Laban got up early in the morning' is reinterpreted in a Kabbalistic way. Laban (literally meaning 'white')...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1964, for Shabbat Toledot. The Sedra begins 'And these are generations of Isaac the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac.' The discourse explores this...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Sedra Chayei Sarah, 1964. A detailed discussion of a comment by the Zohar on the opening verse provides an interesting perspective on the role of Sarah. ...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Vayera, 1964. It focuses on the Haftorah from II Kings ch.4, with a story about Elisha. The beginning discusses the nature of Torah texts, which are...
This discourse was taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1964 on Shabbat Lech Lecha. It concerns Abraham being told by G-d 'Go for yourself... to the land which I will show you'. The discourse...
In this discourse of Sedra Noah, 1964, the Rebbe quotes Song of Songs 'many waters cannot quench love' which is explained as meaning that even the many waters , the Flood of anxieties about one's...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Ki Tavo, 1967, which was the 18th of Elul that year. It starts with a quote from the Sedra 'Look down from Your sacred abode and bless Your people,...
This discourse was taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the Shabbat before 9th Av (the fast commemorating the destruction of both Temples) in 1984, called Shabbat Chazon, the Shabbat of the Vision. ...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Sedra Matot-Masey in 1965. The Sedra lists the 42 'journeys [stages] by which the Jewish people left Egypt'. But didn't they leave at the very beginning? ...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Pinchas 1965. It speaks of the self sacrifice of Pinchas, who risked his life to preserve the moral integrity of the Jewish people in the...
This discourse was said by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parsha Balak in 1958. It discusses the fact that Balaam's blessing focuses on Jacob (rather than Israel) when he wishes the Jewish people to be as...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parsha Chukat in 1965. It concerns the law of the Red Heifer, which is described both as the central Mitzva in the Torah and also as a Statute which...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Behaalotecha 1969. Relating to the Golden Menorah in the Sedra, the discourse discusses the concept of a 'Lamp'. Each Jew has a personal Lamp, their...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Naso of 1968. Its theme is the General and the Particular, in many different aspects of life and of Judaism.
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shavuot in 1969. It discusses the word 'saying' in the verse at the beginning of the Ten Commandments: 'And G-d spoke all these Commandments saying'....
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Bechukotai 1984. It focuses on the first verse of the Sedra and explains that this Sedra is about the purpose of Creation, which is the indwelling...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Behar-Bechukotai in 1987. It concerns the spiritual dimension of counting the Omer. The Rebbe presents three different ways of understanding this,...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Emor in 1965, and was edited by the Rebbe for publication in 1990. Commenting on a discussion by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of a verse in the...
The Rebbe taught this discourse for Shabbat Kedoshim in 1965. It expresses the central Chassidic idea: that not only the holy, also the mundane can express the Divine. In this discourse this idea...
The Rebbe said this discourse on the last day of Pesach in 1965. The Haftorah for this day focuses on Moshiach, and the Chabad custom is to have a final meal in the late afternoon with Matza and four...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Purim in 1965. It focuses on the verse (Esther 6:1) 'On that night the sleep of the King was disturbed'. This is the point in the story when Ahasuerus cannot...
This discourse was said by the Rebbe on Shabbat Vayikra 1965. It presents a fascinating perspective on the relation between the revealed Torah (the Talmud and Laws) and the inner aspect of Torah...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Pekudey, 1965. In the first verse of the Sedra there are hints to different stages in service of the Divine. These parallel the relationship between...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Vayakhel in 1959. Moses gathers the people to tell them about the Sanctuary, because the Sanctuary relates to every Jew. Within the Sanctuary is the...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shushan Purim Katan in 1967, that's 15 Adar I. It focuses on a discourse with the same 'name', ie opening verse, which was heroically taught by Rabbi Joseph Isaac...
This discourse was said by the Rebbe on Shabbat Tetzaveh in 1965. Does the oil have to be extracted from the negativity of the bitter olive, or does it naturally descend from the exalted olive of...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Terumah in 1965. Discussing a verse at the beginning of the Sedra, it explains that inspiration from the Divine is always available. One form of...
This discourse was said by the Rebbe on Shabbat Mishpatim in 1965. It discusses the 'cloud' or 'smoke' on Mount Sinai. The smoke represents the negativity and coarseness of the world; but G-d makes...
This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1965 for Sedra Yitro, discusses Moses' climbing Mount Sinai after the revelation of the Ten Commandments. He was going to be forty days and nights on the...
This is a foundational discourse for the Rebbe, because it was the last discourse prepared by the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn, which he wanted studied by his followers...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe early in 1965, on Shabbat of Sedra Vaera. This Sedra tells how G-d appeared to the Patriarchs with His Name Sha-dai, and yet He will be revealed in a higher way...
The Rebbe said this discourse on Shabbat Balak in 1970, just after the 12 Tammuz Lubavitch festival, celebrating the release of the Sixth Rebbe from imprisonment and exile in Soviet Russia, in 1927....
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on the Shabbat before Purim in 1970, when we read the command to 'remember Amalek'. In the battle against Amalek described in Sedra Bashalach (Exodus 17:8-16),...
In Temple times one would travel to Jerusalem three times a year for the Pilgrim Festivals (or 'Foot Festivals') Pesach, Shavuot and Succot. In this discourse, taught by the Rebbe on Parshat...
This discourse was taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe during the week of Sedra Yitro in 1970. It speaks of the meaning of the first words of the Ten Commandments: I am the L-rd your G-d..'. Who is...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Beshalach 1970. It begins with the opening words of the song which was thankfully sung by the Jewish people together with Moses after the miracle of...
The Bati Legani discourse was the last discourse of Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn (d.1950). It was seen as his last will and testament. Each year his son-in-law and successor Rabbi Menachem Mendel...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Va’era in 1970. There are two verses (Ex.6:26-7) which speak of Aaron and Moses taking the Jews out of Egypt, and Moses and Aaron speaking to Pharaoh. The...
This discourse, taught by the Rebbe on the Shabbat of Sedra Shemot in January 1970, focuses on the first verse of the Haftorah (Isaiah 27:6) and the first verse of the Torah reading (Exodus 1:1). The...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Vayechi in December 1969. It focuses on the blessing to Judah, the ancestor of the Davidic Kings: Judah, you, your brothers will submit to you, and...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Vayigash in late December 1987. It focuses on the moment at the beginning of the Sedra when Judah draws near to Joseph, a theme which is repeated in the...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in the week of Chanukah in 1969. It develops the theme that in a time of Exile opposites can join, and the darkness and light signified by the terms ‘sing’ and...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Vayeshev in 1969, which was Shabbat Chanukah. The Haftorah from Zacharia begins (2:14) ‘Sing and rejoice daughter of Zion’. The Rebbe expounds this...
This discourse was taught on Shabbat Vayishlach, 19 Kislev, 1969. It starts with Jacob’s words to G-d, that he is unworthy of all the good which G-d has worked for him. Humility as a response to...
This intriguing discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat of Vayetze in 1987. It presents a mystical interpretation of the Biblical figure Laban, Jacob’s uncle. Although the straightforward...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Toledot which was the eve of Rosh Chodesh (New Moon of) Kislev in 1953. On the eve of the New Moon, the moon is hidden. Then a thin sliver of moon is...
This subtle discourse was said by the Rebbe on Shabbat Chayei Sara, 1969, and was published by the Rebbe in Kuntres Kaf Cheshvan, 1991. It explains the intricate spiritual cosmology of existence and...
This brief discourse of Shabbat Vayera 1987 discusses the travelers' inn which was run by Abraham and Sara in order to draw people closer to Monotheism.
This discourse was said by the Rebbe in 1977, a few weeks after he suffered a heart attack on Shmini Atzeret. It was said after Shabbat Sedra Lech Lecha, from his room, and his followers in 770 (and...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Noah in 1982. After the Flood, G-d tells Noah that He is making a Covenant with humanity that there will not be another total Flood. The...
The Rebbe said this discourse on Shabbat Bereishit, 1969. Shabbat was the day before Rosh Chodesh (the New Moon), so a special Haftorah is said, beginning 'Jonathan said to David, tomorrow is Rosh...
This discourse was said in 1969 and it discusses an intriguing passage in a Kabbalistic work which presents and image of the immense spiritual 'distance' between the Divine and the physical world,...
This discourse, said in 1969, explains several different aspects in the process of repentance, including the function of the verbal 'Confession of Sins' (Viduy).
This discourse was said on the second day of Rosh Hashana in 1969. It discusses the text of the Offerings in the Musaf Prayer, explaining how on Rosh Hashana there is a special relationship with our...
This discourse, taught in 1969, explains the 'you are standing together' theme of the sedra in terms of Rosh Hashana.
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Ki Tavo in 1982, and it links the month of Elul to the individual bonding with the Divine.
This discourse was taught on Shabbat VaEthanan in 1969. The Rebbe discusses the spiritual way to restore both Temples, and the fact that in certain ways the Second Temple is more significant than the...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Parsha Devarim 1969, the Shabbat before the Ninth of Av. The discourse explains Exile and Redemption in terms of the fragmentation or wholeness of the...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Mattot-Mas'ey in 1969. The Sedra tells us that the sons of Gad and Reuben wanted to stay on the East bank of the Jordan. They sought the spiritual, rather...
The Rebbe taught this discourse for Shabbat Parsha Pinchas in 1958. Each member of the Jewish people is holy - both because of the Divine Soul and also because of the Animal Soul, which will...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Chukat-Balak in 1969. The opening words of the Sedra about the Statute of the Red Heifer using the phrase 'the Stautute of the Torah' are explained to mean...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe for Shabbat Sedra Korach in 1967. Korach wanted to cause a division in the Jewish people. The discourse explores the she source of all such 'divisions' and...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Lag B'Omer 1969. The theme is a story in the Zohar that once, when there was a drought, Rabbi Shimon delivered a Torah teaching and the rain came. The discourse...
This discourse was taught be the Rebbe in 1965 on Shabbat Parshat Emor. It was edited by the Rebbe and published in 1990 for the Yahrzeit of the Rebbe's brother R. Yisrael Aryeh Leib, a mathematician...
The Rebbe taught this discourse in 1968 for Sedra Kedoshim. It gives a fascinating interpretation of the law of 'Orlah', in which the fruit of a tree is forbidden for the first three years, then in...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Tazria in 1987. The Jewish people are compared to 'a locked garden', symbolizing a bride who is 'locked' to all but her husband. In the same way, says...
This discourse of Sedra Terumah 1965 speaks of two man aspects of Divine service: receiving the inspiration from above and then, in response, ascending towards the Divine. This can be understood in...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Mishpatim, Parshat Shekalim, in 1969. The extra reading speaks of giving half a shekel, which paid for two separate items: the silver sockets of the...
This discourse was said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on 10 Shevat, 1980. This date is the Yahrzeit of the Sixth Rebbe who passed away in 1950, and this marks the beginning of the leadership of the...
This discourse was taught in 1968 on Shabbat Sedra Vayishlach. It explores the goal of Wisdom: Repentance and Good Deeds. Wisdom by itself cannot grasp the highest levels, for 'Thought cannot grasp...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1968 for Shabbat Vayetze, on 9 Kislev, the birthday and Yahrzeit of the second Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Dov Ber. The discourse discusses a discourse of the...
The Rebbe taught this discourse for Sedra Toledot in 1964. It uses the first verse of the Sedra to explain one's path in service of G-d and in Prayer
The Rebbe taught this discourse in 1968. The discourse discusses the question of the relative importance of a Mitzva in this world, or its effect for the soul in the Garden of Eden. This relates to...
The Rebbe taught this on Sedra Vayera 1964. It explains the Haftora as it applies in our own lives. This begins (II Kings 4:1) with a widow crying to Elisha. The discourse explains, this is the soul...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Lech Lecha in 1964. G-d tells Abraham to 'go to yourself' - go to the root of your soul. The discourse explains that one way to do this is by entering a...
This Discourse of 1964 speaks of the need to overcome the 'flood waters' of daily life - business worries, and everything similar - and to allow one's inner love of G-d to be expressed in deeply felt...
The Rebbe said this discourse on Shabbat Ki Tavo in 1965. It discusses the relationship of the individual with G-d, linked also with the sacred quality of the Land of Israel and the ultimate purpose...
This discourse, said on Shabbat Ki Tezte in 1965, discusses the battle described at the beginning of the Sedra and explains it in terms of the inner struggle of prayer, seeking to transform the...
This discourse, taught on Shabbat Sedra Balak in 1965, expresses the spiritual power of the Jew.
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Sedra Chukat, 1965. The discourse discusses transcending intellect and reaching the Essence of the Divine.
The Rebbe taught this discourse for Sedra Shelach (about sending the spies) in 1965. Two very spiritual reasons are given for their reluctance to enter the Holy Land. The discussion helps us...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Beha'alotecha in 1964. The Sedra begins with the idea of kindling 'lights'. The discourse explains these are two kinds of Light: a Divine light which shines...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in the early hours of the first night of Shavuot in 1965. It speaks of the effect that each individual has on the universe through his or her self-control,...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Bechukotai 1965. It explores levels of the self and of the revelation of the Divine, employing the image of speech, which can be said aloud, or...
This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1965 on Shabbat Sedra Behar, presents a deep analysis of three different dimensions of Shabbat: Friday night, Shabbat day, and the time of the 'third meal' and...
This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1965 and edited in 1990, concerns the nature of Holiness. One aspect is expressed by the individual reaching upwards to the Divine; but there are two ways in...
This discourse was said on Shabbat Sedra Kedoshim, 1965. It concerns the Torah instruction about the fruit of a young tree. For the first three years the fruit is forbidden, and then it becomes holy,...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat of Acharei-Kedoshim in 1988. The Sedra describes the service on Yom Kippur, discussing the words 'before G-d you will be purified' (Lev. 16:30). The...
This discourse was taught be the Rebbe on Shabbat Metzora in 1965, the Shabbat before Pesach (Shabbat Hagadol). It begins with the opening words from the Song of Songs, which mention 'wine'. The...
This discourse was taught on Shabbat of Sedra Tazria in 1965 and the Rebbe edited it in 1989 for publication on 2 Nisan, the Yarzeit of Rabbi Shalom Dober Schneerson, the fifth Rebbe. The discourse...
This discourse said on Shabbat Vayikra in 1965 - shortly before Purim explores the theme of parable (mashal) and reality, in Torah and in life.
The Rebbe taught this discourse in 1965 on Shabbat Pekudei. It describes the process of daily Prayer in which one evokes heartfelt love for the Divine. The discourse explains...
In this discourse, taught for Sedra Vayakhel in 1965, the Rebbe explains two aspects of Shabbat: one as completion of our effort and the other as inspiration for the week ahead.
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on the Shabbat after Purim in 1965. The Megilah states (ch.6) ‘On that night, the sleep of the King was disturbed’. The discourse understands the King as the...
This discourse, taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Tetzaveh in 1965, speaks of the olive oil being brought to Moses in order to be used for lighting the Menorah in the Sanctuary. But why should it be...
This discourse for Sedra Teruma taught by the Rebbe in 1965 explains that the words usually translated 'give an offering to Me' can be translates 'take Me'. G-d gives His inspiration to us, and we...
This discourse for Sedra Mishpatim, taught by the Rebbe in 1965, discusses the cloud on the mountain which Moses enters as he ascends the mountain in order to be there for 40 days and nights. This...
We continue the discourse of Bati LeGani from last week.
On 10 Shevat (28 January) 1950 Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn, the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, passed away. He left a discourse, Bati Legani, ‘I have come into My Garden’, to be studied on that...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on 19 Kislev in 1964. It begins "Pada beshalom" (Psalms, 55:19) meaning '[G-d] redeemed in peace' my soul. Rabbi Shneur Zalman was reading this verse when he was...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Vayishlach, 1964. Jacob is sending a gift to Esau to appease him. The gift is called Mincha. This leads to discussion of the Mincha (Afternoon) prayer, and...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Vayetze in 1964. Jacob's dream of the ladder is compared by the Sages to Nebuchadnezar's dream of a statue, with a head of gold but feet of clay. This leads...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Toledot in 1964. It explains the opening verse as guidance in stages of love and awe of the Divine.
The Rebbe taught this discourse in 1964 about the fact that the Torah tells us that Sarah lived a hundred and twenty seven years. The numbers a hundred, twenty and seven have a kabbalistic meaning...
The Rebbe taught this discourse in 1964 and it was published in Yiddish. The Haftora tells of a woman who cries to Elisha about her problems. The Prophet helps her with a miracle. The discourse...
This discourse 'Mayim Rabim', many waters, was taught by the Rebbe in 1964 on Shabbat Sedra Noah. It explains that each person faces a personal flood of anxieties and problems. The response should...
This discourse of 1958 explains the way the blowing of the Shofar helps each individual in their their efforts to come closer to G-d.
In this discourse of 1958 said ont the Shabbat before the Fast of Av, the Rebbe explains how torah study redeems the Divine soul, which links with the rebuilding of the Temple.
This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1962 on Shabbat Matot-Masey shortly before the beginning of the month of Av, when both First and Second temples were destroyed, gives an unusual perspective on...
This discourse of 1958 focuses on a verse at the end of the Haftorah of Sedra Pinchas (from Jeremiah, when read in the three weeks). The Divine Soul gains most by going DOWN to refine and elevate the...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on 12 Tammuz 1958, celebrating the miraculous release of the Previous Rebbe in 1927. He had been imprisoned and condemned to death for his work in strengthening...
Taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Chukat in 1988, this discourse describes the inner engraved Torah which is the essence of each individual.
The incident of the twelve Spies who brought a bad report about the Land of Israel is well known. This discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Sedra Shelach in 1988 discusses their spiritual...
This discourse, taught for Shabbat Behalotecha in 1988, discusses Aaron’s boundless love for his fellow and also for the Divine. This is reflected in our daily recital of the Shema, which also...
This discourse, taught for Parshat Emor 1988, speaks of drawing holiness from the exalted Essence of the Divine, through the aspects of 'Holy, Holy, Holy is the L-rd of Hosts' into the individual.
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1988 for Shabbat 'Acharei-Kedoshim'. The Sedra teaches about Yom Kippur when one comes 'before G-d'. The discourse explains that this means reaching the...
This is the second part of the discourse that the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 5718 on the Shabbat after Pesach. It discusses the transition from leaving Egypt to receiving the Torah and yet further,...
The Lubavitcher Rebbe taught this discourse in 5718 on the Shabbat after Pesach. It discusses the transition from leaving Egypt to receiving the Torah and yet further, to the future Redemption.
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1988 for Shabbat Haggadol, the Great Sabbath which precedes Pesach. It quotes the Haggadah 'We were slaves to Pharoah in the land of Egypt' and explains a...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1958 on the Shabbat before Purim (Sedra Tetzaveh). It explains the significance of ‘remembering Amalek’ in each individual person’s spiritual life.
The opening verse, Song of Songs 8:1, ‘If only You were my brother’, is explained as expressing yearning for the revelation of the Divine. This is achieved through Torah study, or dedicated positive...
The goal of existence is to reveal the Divine in the world (to make "a dwelling for the Divine"). This discourse in the week of Sedra Yitro 1978, the Rebbe explains how Non-Jewish Jethro's...
A continuation of last week's discussion of the 1958 discourse by the Rebbe, explaining chapter 8 of the Bati LeGani discourse.
Bati LeGani - "I have come into My garden" was the last discourse printed by Rabbi Joseph I Schneersohn, the sixth Lubacitcher Rebbe. He intended it to be studied on 10 Shevat (28 January) in 1950....
Continuation from last week: This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1957 on Shabbat Vayeshev, stresses the spiritual power of practical goodness, above other-worldly values of love and awe of the...
Jacob sends a message to Esau that he has been in Laban's home for 20 years and he has acquired oxen and donkeys, sheep and male and female servants". What was the real meaning of his statement? What...
This discourse was taught in 1987, and it reveals a kabbalistic interpretation of Laban, the scheming uncle of Jacob. Laban means ‘white’, and represents an exalted ‘brightness’ from the Essence of...
This discourse taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Toledot in 1987, which was the eve of Rosh Chodesh, focuses on the special Haftorah (from I Sam.20:18 ff.) read on such a Sabbath. The discourse explores...
This discourse taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Chayei Sara in 1987, explains the importance of the 'shidduch' between Isaac and Rebecca in terms of the idea of the spiritual unity, or 'marriage',...
This discourse taught on Shabbat of Vayera in 1987 presents the idea of Abraham's Inn through which he communicated monotheism and a deeply spiritual view of existence and the Divine to his visitors....
This discourse was taught for Shabbat Lech Lecha in 1987. Extrapolating from what G-d tells Abraham, the Rebb defines a two-way relationship linking the individual with the Divine: from above to...
This discourse was said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Noah 1987. This was Rosh Chodesh hence the Haftorah was from Isaiah (66:1), beginning 'The Heavens are My Throne'. The discourse...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1957, on Shabbat Nitzavim-Vayelech. In focuses on a verse from Psalm 27, which is recited from the beginning of the month of Elul till the afternoon of...
Exploring this fascinating discourse on the role of Jewish Leadership.
This discourse taught in 1962 starts by discussing the spiritual effect of Shabbat or a Festival. This is similar to a passage from the Zohar said on Friday night, beginning "Kegavna" ('Just As')....
This discourse of 1966 explains that the spies claimed we can never achieve the ultimate goal, But Kalev claimed that we can, through our bond with Moses.
This discourse of Shabbat Behaalotecha 1966 explores the idea, cited by Rashi, that Aaron was upset when he saw each of the twelve leaders of the Tribes bring an offering to the Sanctuary, while he...
A discourse taught on Shavuot in 1966 explaining a new, powerful interpretation of “we will do and we will hear” (Exodus 24:7)
This discourse on Sedra Bechukotai in 1966 focuses on the nature of the rewards described in the Sedra. Why are they presented in physical terms, rather than spiritual?
This discourse was taught on Lag B'Omer 1962 - when there was a drought, Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai brought rain just by teaching a Torah idea on love of one's fellow. This discourse explores this in...
A fascinating discourse taught by the Rebbe in 1987 on Shabbos Sedra Tazria-Metzora. A person is like a 'locked garden'. Ideally only the Divine can enter the garden...
This discourse of 1964 was said on Shabbat Vayikra. This was also the Shabbat when one read from an extra Torah Scroll the passage including ‘This month shall be for you the first of the months’...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Vayakhel-Pekudei in 1966. A fascinating presentation of the delight in Torah study and observing Mitzvos.
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1975 in the week of Sedra Terumah. Terumah means 'offering' and the Sedra is describing the construction of the Sanctuary, the prototype of the Temple. At...
This discourse of 1966 explains 4 meanings of the Hebrew root 'SPR'. Counting, book, telling and sapphire. These help us understand the nature of the Sefirot, and the process whereby G-d created the...
This second session on the 1957 discourse explains the aspects of the meaning of the letter Yud. It expresses the humility of the student, of the teacher and it also represents the spiritual power...
This discourse of 1974 was later edited by the Rebbe in honour of his late wife. It concerns the eternally transformative effect of the Giving of the Torah at Sinai.
Exploring the fist part of the Rebbe's discourse on this theme, said on 10 Shevat 1957. The letter Yud expresses humility and is the key to the difference between the unholy and the holy.
This discourse, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1966 on Shabbat Vaera, discusses a discourse for this Sedra by Rabbi Shneur Zalman called "the Pious Vaera." This teaching is sharply self-critical,...
This discourse was said in January 1966 on Shabbat Shemot. It concerns the sacred dimensions of "Names" on exalted spiritual levels
This discourse "to understand the chanuka lights" taught in 1965 on Shabbat Vayeshev, the eve of Chanuka, speaks of the power of Chanuka to transform negative forces into positive, darkness into...
Jacob faces a battle with Esau, and in his prayer to G-d he expresses his unworthiness to enjoy G-d's 'kindness'. The discourse explores Kabbalistic perceptions of Chesed, Divine Kindness.
Jacob's journey from his parent's home in Beer Sheva to the difficulties of Haran where Laban lived represents the spiritual journey of each individual. The goal is to elevate the lowest level and...
In this discourse of Parshat Toledot in 1964 the Rebbe describes how Lower Fear, Lower Love, Great Love and Exalted Fear form the different stages in meaningful prayer.
This discourse said on Shabbat Chayei Sarah 1965 gives a profound insight regarding the last verse of Psalm 106 and explains the idea of blessings "from world to world."
This discourse of 1952 discusses Abraham standing over three angels while they eat. But did they really eat? In some sense, Abraham is empowering them to do the impossible, as do some Jewish leaders...
This discourse was taught in the week of Sedra Noach in 1961. It speaks of drawing the inspiration of Simchat Torah into the days and months of the coming year and includes beautiful advice about...
A discourse of 1965 explaining two aspects of spiritual life which are always relevant: the Upper Unity, in which the spiritual is paramount, and the Lower Unity, in which one sees the world with its...
This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1965, explains the "battle" in the sedra as the battle of spiritual prayer. But there is also a "peaceful" option: Torah study.
Taught by the Rebbe in 1965, this discourse discusses positive and negative terms of self-sacrifice.
A beautiful discussion of the nature of Shabbat, taught by the Rebbe in 1965.
This fascinating discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1965. Chukat relates to the word for 'engraving' and this leads to exploration of different levels of the Torah and of the individual's...
In honour of the Yahrzeit of the Rebbe (3 Tammuz, 9 July 16) we explored his last edited Kabbalistic-Chassidic discourse, which is on the theme of the role of Jewish leadership: to connect every...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1965 and considers the three groups of Levites in terms of one's relationship with the Divine.
This discourse taught on Shavuot 1965 provides a fascinating explanation of the deep nature of existence.
A teaching in 1965 in which the Rebbe describes three different dimensions of Shabbat.
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe for Sedra Emor in 1965, exploring the twin concepts of the holiness of G-d and of the individual.
This discourse taught by the Rebbe in 1965 discusses the law about fruit trees in the sedra (Lev. 19:23-25) which leads to a fascinating discussion on the relative significance of the sacred and the...
A discourse of Shabbat Shemini 1965. This Sedra includes the laws of kashrut. The Midrash links this with a battle between the Leviathan and another mystical creature, the 'wild ox'. This becomes a...
This discourse taught for Shabbat Vayikra in 1965 discusses the role of the Inner Dimension of Torah, which is like "salt" bringing out the taste of the 'food', the Revealed aspect of Torah.
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Pekudei in 1965. It discusses two dimensions of Divine Service, the Upper Unity and Lower Unity, which relate also to Shabbat and the days of the...
The days of the week are a spiritual "building of the Sanctuary", actualized on Shabbat. Further, Shabbat empowers us to advance into the week ahead.
This 'unedited' was taught by the Rebbe in 1965. Focusing on the 'olive oil' mentioned at the beginning of the Sedra, it becomes a discussion about the nature of good and evil, light and dark.
We explored a discourse said in 1965. By receiving a Divine input the person can give himself or herself to G-d in Prayer and delight in Torah study.
This discourse, said by the Rebbe in 1965, discusses the way Mt. Sinai is described as smoking, which expresses the interface between the physical and the spiritual which is the goal of creation.
In this discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1957, we learn that the half shekel given by the Jewish people in order to be counted is really a transformative step we can each try to accomplish every day.
This profound discourse regarding Sedra Yitro was said by the Rebbe in 1965.
We continued studying the discourse of 1956 on the theme 'I have come into My Garden'.
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1956, on 10 Shevat, the day of the passing of the Previous Rebbe, studying the famous discourse 'I have Come into My Garden'.
This discourse of 1965 explores the spiritual factors which empowered Moses to take the Jews out of Egypt and which also empowers us to find redemption from our own inner Exile.
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in December 1964. It discusses Jacob's attempt to 'reveal the End'. His children had not yet reached the spiritual level at which that would be possible. But...
This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1964, was discussed in the Alef Kabbalah group 1 December 15. The discourse explores the spiritual meaning of Jacob's gift to Esau in the context of the...
This discourse of 1952 discusses Abraham standing over the three Angels while they eat. But did they really eat? In some sense, Abraham is empowering them to do the impossible, as do some Jewish...
The Alef Kabbala Group (21 October 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on the Shabbat of Bereishit in 1967. This starts with the words "And the heavens and earth and all within...
The Alef Kabbala Group (6 October 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on the second day of Succot in 1967. This opens with a passage from the Mishnah 'One who makes his Succah...
The Alef Kabbala Group (23 September 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on the second day of Rosh Hashanah in 1967. This opens with a passage from the Rosh Hashana prayers 'And...
The Alef Kabbala Group (16 September 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat of Sedra Nitzavim-Vayelech in 1967. This opens with the verse "If your scattered one will be at...
The Alef Kabbala Group (9 September 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat of Sedra Ki Tavo in 1967. Focusing on a verse in the Sedra which speaks of 'Your people' and...
The Alef Kabbala Group (8 July 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat of Sedra Pinchas in 1967. This emphasises the sense of spiritual interaction with the Divine in daily...
The Alef Kabbala Group (1 July 2014, 3 Tammuz) studied the last edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in honour of his 20th Yarzeit. This discourse was originally taught for Sedra Tetzaveh in...
The Alef Kabbala Group (25 June 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shabbat of Sedra Chukat, 1967. This was Rosh Chodesh, and the discourse focus on the concluding verse of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (17 June 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shabbat of Sedra Korach, 1967. Ethics of the Fathers terms the conflict with Korach 'a conflict not for...
The Alef Kabbala Group (10 June 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shabbat of Sedra Shelach, 1987. This explores the account of the Libations to be offered in the Temple,...
The Alef Kabbala Group (27 May 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shavuot, 1967. This explores the question why 'G-d descended onto Mount Sinai' to give the Torah rather...
The Alef Kabbala Group (20 May 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on the Shabbat of Parshat Bemidbar , 1967. This quotes a story from the Zohar about a time when there was a...
The Alef Kabbala Group (13 May 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on the Shabbat of Parshat Bechukotai, 1984. This presents the role of the Jew, through thought, speech and...
The Alef Kabbala Group (6 May 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on the Shabbat of Parshat Behar-Bechukotai, 1987. This discusses the spiritual and practical improvements that...
The Alef Kabbala Group (30 April 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on the Shabbat of Parshat Emor, when the second chapter of Pirkei Avot is studied. The discourse focuses on...
The Alef Kabbala Group (25 March 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on the Shabbat when the New Moon of Nissan is blessed, Parshat HaChodesh, in 1967. This explores the concept...
The Alef Kabbala Group (18 March 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shabbat Parshat Parah in 1984. The purification procedure with the Red Cow is presented as a model for...
The Alef Kabbala Group (11 March 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Purim in 1967. This has a a fascinating image of a spiral stairase indicating alternative illumination...
The Alef Kabbala Group (4 March 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Purim in 1957. This presents a very profound perspective on the Megila. To see the pointed Hebrew text of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (24 February 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1967 for Sedra Pekudei, when the Chapter on Shekalim was read from a second Torah Scroll. This chapter...
The Alef Kabbala Group (10 February 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1967 for Sedra Ki Tisa. Since this was round the time of Purim Katan (the minor Purim, in the first...
The Alef Kabbala Group (3 February 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1967 for Sedra Tetzaveh. This concerns the Golden Altar used for incense, described at the end of the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (28 January 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1984 for Sedra Terumah. This was Shabbat Rosh Chodesh, and the discourse concerns verses in the special...
The Alef Kabbala Group (21 January 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1967 for Sedra Mishpatim. Expounding a verse concerning giving charity, this teaching discusses our...
The Alef Kabbala Group (14 January 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1984 for Sedra Yitro. Why were there such dramatic phenomena - thunder, lightning, the sound of the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (17 December 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1968 for Sedra Shemot. G-d says "Who gave a mouth to man?" What does this mean? To see the pointed...
The Alef Kabbala Group (10 December 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 for Sedra Vayechi. The theme is the journey of the Soul into This World in order to 'live'. To...
The Alef Kabbala Group (19 November 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 on 19 Kislev, the 'Rosh Hashana of Hasidism' on the theme of redeeming the soul from exile. To...
The Alef Kabbala Group (12 November 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 on the Shabbat of Vayishlach. This has the theme that Torah study helps maintain the world in...
The Alef Kabbala Group (29 October 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1986 on the Shabbat of Toledot, which was later edited by the Rebbe. This explores the idea that...
The Alef Kabbala Group (22 October 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1984 for Parshat Chayei Sarah. This discusses the idea that G-d blessed Abraham 'in everything'. What...
The Alef Kabbala Group (8 October 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1984 on Shabbat Parshat Lech Lecha. This discusses the circumcision of Abraham and its relation to his...
The Alef Kabbala Group (1 October 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 on Shabbat Parshat Noah, which was Rosh Chodesh, as it is this year. In the time of the Messiah,...
The Alef Kabbala Group (17 September 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 during the Festival of Succot, describing the intense joy of Succot in terms of the spiritual...
The Alef Kabbala Group (10 September 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 on Shabbat Shuva. This discourse explores the theme of Teshuvah (Repentance) as the joining of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (3 September 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 on the Shabbat of Sedra Haazinu, which like this year, was the Shabbat after Rosh Hashana,...
The Alef Kabbala Group (27 August 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1983 on the Shabbat of Sedra Nitzavim-Vayelech. The discourse focuses on the Hatorah which speaks of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (9 July 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1973 on the theme of Lamentations, which is recited on the Fast of the Ninth of Av. "Remember oh G-d what...
The Alef Kabbala Group (2 July 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966. This discusses the beginning of Sedra Mattot in which Moses speaks to the heads of the Tribes and...
The Alef Kabbala Group (18 June 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966. This starts with the verse in Sedra Balak 'who can count the dust of Jacob' (Num.23:10) and presents...
The Alef Kabbala Group (11 June 2013) studied the last discourse edited by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, in honour of his Yahrzeit (3 Tammuz). This focuses on the verse 'And you (Moses) should command the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (28 May 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse taught on Shabbat Shelach, 1983. This discusses the passage in the Sedra concerning the Libations (ch.15), which...
The Alef Kabbala Group (21 May 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse taught on Shabbat Behaalotecha , 1967. This discusses a verse from the Haftorah in Zaharia 2:14 which speaks of the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (7 May 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse taught on Shabbat Bemidbar, 1966. This discusses a verse from the Haftorah in Hosea (ch.2), which speaks of the 'number'...
The Alef Kabbala Group (30 April 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse taught on Shabbat Behar-Bechukotai, 1966. This explores the relationship between the physical sustenance provided by...
The Alef Kabbala Group (23 April 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse taught on Lag B'Omer, 1962. This begins with a verse from Psalms (133:1) about how good and pleasant it is when...
The Alef Kabbala Group (16 April 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse published in Dvar Malchus. This was actually said on Shabbat Parshat Emor in 1965, beginning with the words 'I will be...
The Alef Kabbala Group (9 April 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse for Sedra Tazria-Metzora of 1987. This began with the words from Song of Songs: "A locked garden". The Jewish people...
The Alef Kabbala Group (4 March 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse for Sedra Vayakhel-Pekudei of 1966. That Shabbat (as this year) an extra Torah Scroll was read, the passage beginning...
The Alef Kabbala Group (26 February 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse for Sedra Ki Tisah of 1966. This concerens the Red Heiffer and focuses on the power to change impure to pure,...
The Alef Kabbala Group (19 February 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse for Sedra Tetzaveh of 1966. This discusses two items of clothing worn by the High Priest: the Efod, and the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (12 February 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse for Sedra Terumah of 1983. This focuses on the idea of the Sanctuary which, the Sages tell us, is eternal. In which...
The Alef Kabbala Group (21 January 2013) studied the Rebbe's Bati LeGani discourse of 1973 which focuses on the third chapter of the original Bati LeGani discourse of 1950. This chapter examines the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (14 January 2013) explored the famous discourse 'Bati LeGani', meaning 'I have come into My Garden'. This was published by the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak to be...
The Alef Kabbala Group (18 December 2012) explored an edited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in December 1975. The Sedra speaks of Judah coming near to Joseph, which the Zohar explains as a...
The Alef Kabbala Group (27 November 2012)explored an edited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1965, on 19 Kislev. This date is called the 'Rosh Hashana of Chassidism' and is seen as...
The Alef Kabbala Group (20 November 2012)explored a non-edited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1965, on Shabbat of Sedra Vayetze. Jacob going to Haran, a place of negativity, with the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (13 November 2012)explored an edited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1967, on Shabbat of Sedra Toledot. This discusses the blessing which Isaac gave his son Jacob...
The Alef Kabbala Group (6 November 2012)explored an unedited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1965, on Shabbat of Sedra Chayei Sara. This discusses the end of Psalm 106, which speaks of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (30 October 2012)explored an unedited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1952, on Shabbat of Sedra Vayera. This concerns the way Abraham stood 'under the tree' with...
The Alef Kabbala Group (23 October 2012)explored an unedited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1985, during the week of Sedra Lech Lecha. It discusses Abraham's journey from Haran to the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (16 October 2012)explored an unedited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1960, during the week of Sedra Lech Lecha, but it also relates to Sedra Noach. It starts with...
The Alef Kabbala Group (11 September 2012) discused a discourse said on Shabbat Parshat Nitzavim in 1959. The theme is Rosh Hashana. One aspect of the festival is repentance, another is becoming a...
The Alef Kabbala Group (4 September 2012) discused a discourse said on Shabbat Parshat Ki Tavo in 1985. The Sedra speaks of our entering the Land of Israel, which G-d gives us, as a gift, and which...
The Alef Kabbala Group (24 July 2012) discused a discourse said on Shabbat Parshat Devarim in 1971, which, as this year, was 9th of Av (and the Fast was deferred to Sunday). The discourse takes the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (17 July 2012) studied a discourse said on Shabbat Parshat Mattot-Mas'ey 1962, focusing on a verse from Hagai concerning the greatness of the 'latter Temple'. This is explored...
The Alef Kabbala Group (3 July 2012, 13 Tammuz) studied a discourse said on 12 Tammuz 1958, focusing on the verse 'Who can count the dust of Jacob' from Sedra Balak. The discourse explores the nature...
The Alef Kabbala Group (19 June 2012) studied a discourse said on Shabbat Chukat in 1985. This explains that there are different levels of Torah - the Tablets from Sinai, the Written Torah, Oral...
The Alef Kabbala Group (12 June 2012) studied a discourse said on Shabbat Shelah in 1958. This gives a very unusual twist to the story of the Spies. Moses sent them into the Land of Israel in order...
The Alef Kabbala Group (5 June 2012) studied a discourse said on Shabbat Behaalotecha in 1969. This describes the way that, through Torah and Mitzvot, the soul is connected with G-d.
The Alef Kabbala Group (22 May 2012) studied a discourse said on Shavuot in 1958. It discusses the concept of drawing close to G-d by studying Torah, which connects the Essence of the individual with...
The Alef Kabbala Group (15 May 2012) studied a discourse said on Shabbat Behar-Bechukotai in 1958. It discusses the concept of Counting the Omer as the step between leaving Egypt and reveiving the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (8 May 2012) studied a discourse which was said on Lag B'Omer in 1985, and was later edited and published for Lag B'Omer 1988. It focuses on the spiritual significance of Rabbi...
The Alef Kabbala Group (1 May 2012) studied a discourse which was said on Shabbat Acharei-Kedoshim in 1985. The discourse explores the idea of the 'table' of a person, where one eats, makes...
The Alef Kabbala Group (25 April 2012) studied a discourse which was said on Shabbat Tazria-Metzora in 1988. The discourse explores the idea of opposites, and the way in everything negative there is...
The Alef Kabbala Group (17 April 2012) studied a discourse which was said on the final day of Pesach in 1958. The Haftorah on this day (outside Israel)concerns the coming of the Messiah and states...
The Alef Kabbala Group (20 March 2012) studied a discourse which was said on 11 Nisan, shortly before Pesach, in 1985. This focuses on the verse from Micah (7:15) 'Like the days of your going out of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (13 March 2012) studied a discourse for Parshat Parah (and Vyakhel-Pekudei), the passage about the Red Heifer, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1958. This explains the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (28 February 2012) studied a discourse for Parshat Zachor, Remembering Amalek, said on Shabbat Parshat Tetzaveh 1985. This explores the present-day spiritual significance of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (21 February 2012) studied a discourse for Parshat Terumah said in 1986. This opens with a verse from the Song of Songs (8:1) 'If only you were my brother.. I would meet you...
The Alef Kabbala Group (14 February 2012 studied a discourse for Parshat Shekalim (Sedra Mishpatim), said in 1958. The half Shekel donated every year to the Temple went to fund the communal...
The Alef Kabbala Group (7 February 2012, eve of 15 Shevat) studied a discourse for Sedra Yitro, said in 1985. The Zohar says that Yitro's acknowledgement of G-d was an important step before the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (31 January 2012, 7 Shevat) studied a discourse for 10th Shevat, the Yahrzeit of Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak and the beginning of the leadership of his son-in-law and successor, the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (24 January 2012) studied a discourse for Sedra Bo said in 1984, starting with the verse describing the Exodus: "And it was on the essence of that day.." (Ex.12:41). The...
The Alef Kabbala Group (17 January 2012) studied a discourse for Sedra Va'era said in 1958, starting with a verse from the near the beginning of the Sedra, "Therefore tell the Children of Israel..."...
The Alef Kabbala Group (10 January 2012) studied a discourse for Sedra Shemot said in 1953, starting with a verse from the end of Song of Songs: 'You who dwell in the Gardens.. flee, my Beloved, to...
The Alef Kabbala Group (13 December 2011) studied a discourse for Sedra Vayeshev said in 1957, starting with a verse emphasising the power of generously giving Tzedaka (Ps.112:9). Tzedaka draws a...
The Alef Kabbala Group (6 December 2011) studied the second half of the discourse for Sedra Vayetzei of 1987 which was studied last week. This focuses on three 'graded' dimensions of existence...
The Alef Kabbala Group (29 November 2011) studied the first half of an 'unedited' discourse for Sedra Vayetzei said in 1987. This interprets the verse near the end of the Parsha, 'And Laban got up...
The Alef Kabbala Group (22 November 2011) studied a discourse for Sedra Toledot said in 1967 and published in edited form in 1989. This discusses Isaac's blessing to Jacob: 'May G-d (Elokim) grant...
The Alef Kabbala Group (15 November 2011) explored a discourse for Sedra Chayei Sara said in 1976 and published in edited form in 1989. This discusses the Divine blessing to Abraham 'in everything'....
The Alef Kabbala Group (8 November 2011) explored a discourse for Sedra Vayera said in 1987. This discusses the hospitality of Abraham as described in the Torah and Midrash, leading to a profound...
The Alef Kabbala Group (1 November 2011) explored a discourse for Sedra Lech Lecha in 1983. This concerns the circumcision of Abraham which begins the distinction between Jew and non-Jew. At the same...
The Alef Kabbala Group (11 October 2011) explored a discourse said shortly before Succot in 1982, and edited for publication in 1986. This explains the focus of the Succah and the Four Species of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (4 October 2011) explored a 'non-edited' discourse for 6 Tishrei, between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, said in 1970. This discusses the close relationship of the individual...
The Alef Kabbala Group (27 Sept 2011) explored a discourse for Rosh Hashana said in 1981. This discusses the meaning of the Shofar we blow today, and the 'Great Shofar' which will be blown on Rosh...
The Alef Kabbala Group (20 Sept 2011) explored a discourse for Shabbat Nitzavim said in 1979. This emphasises the bond between each individual and the Essence of the Divine, linking with the theme of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (13 Sept 2011) explored a discourse for Shabbat Ki Tavo, 18 Elul, said in 1957. 18 Elul is the birthday of both the Baal Shem Tov (in 1698) and Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (in...
The Alef Kabbala Group (6 Sept 2011) explored a discourse for Shabbat Vayetze said in 1967, interpreting the verse 'do not plough with an ox and a donkey together'. The Hebrew word for 'donkey',...
On 15 August 2011 a little study group took place on vacation in North Wales, studying part of a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Sedra Ekev in 1957. The discourse quotes a Midrash which...
There were no meetings of the Alef Kabbala group in August 2011 but here is a 'studio' presentation of a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbat Nachamu (Shabbat of Comfort) in 1985, on...
The Alef Kabbala group (26 July 2011) studied a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Sedra Mas'ei in 1984. This Sedra records the 42 'journeys' of the Jewish people from Egypt to the...
The Alef Kabbala group (12 July 2011) studied a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on 12 Tammuz, 1978. This date commemorates the liberation in 1927 of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef...
The Alef Kabbala group (5 July 2011) studied the last discourse which the late Lubavitcher Rebbe edited before his stroke in 1992 and subsequent passing away on 3 Tammuz 5754 (1994). This presents...
The Alef Kabbala group (28 June 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Sedra Chukat, taught in 1984. That Shabbat was Rosh Chodesh Tammuz. The discourse speaks of the nature of Shabbat, in which...
The Alef Kabbala group (21 June 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Sedra Korach, taught in 1957, which teaches about the different spiritual levels in existence, and the task to reveal G-dliness...
The Alef Kabbala group (14 June 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Sedra Shelach, taught in 1985, telling us about the Twelve Spies who gave a bad report about the Land of Israel. Surely the...
The Alef Kabbala group (31 May 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Shavuot, when the Torah was given, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984. This explores the nature of Torah, which descends...
The Alef Kabbala group (24 May 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Shabbat Bemidbar, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1957. This explores the Camp of the Jewish people in the Wilderness,...
The Alef Kabbala group (17 May 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Shabbat Bechukotai, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984, just before Lag B'Omer. The opening verses express the way the...
The Alef Kabbala group (10 May 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Shabbat Behar, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1980. The Sedra speaks of the Shabbat of the Land, and the discourse describes...
The Alef Kabbala group (3 May 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Shabbat Emor, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984. This focuses on the beginning of Chapter Two of Pirkei Avot, which is...
The Alef Kabbala group (29 March 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Shabbat Tazria, Parshat HaChodesh taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1957. This explores, among other topics, the role of Joy...
The Alef Group (15 March 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Purim taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1957. This discusses the idea from the Talmud that on Purim one should become so drunk that...
The Alef Group (8 March 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Sedra Vayikra taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1976. This discusses the meaning of the small Alef in the opening word of the Sedra,...
The Alef Kabbala Group (22 February 2011)explored an unedited discourse for Sedra Vayakhel taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1954. Moses tells the people about Shabbat. Then follow the instructions...
The Alef Kabbala Group (15 February 2011)explored an unedited discourse for Sedra Ki Tisa taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1957. The Jewish people donate half a Shekel, through dedicating...
The Alef Kabbala Group (8 February 2011)explored an unedited discourse for Sedra Tetzaveh taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1967, on the verse "You shall make an altar for incense" (Ex.30:1)...
The Alef Kabbala Group (1 February 2011)explored an unedited discourse for Sedra Terumah taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984, on verses from the Haftorah when Shabbat is Rosh Chodesh. These speak...
The Alef Kabbala Group (25 January 2011)explored an unedited discourse for Sedra Mishpatim taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1957. After the Giving of the Torah, Moses ascended the mountain, coming...
The Alef Kabbala Group (18 January 2011)explored an unedited discourse for Sedra Yitro taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984. At the Giving of the Torah the Essence of the Divine was revealed, in...
The Alef Kabbala Group (11 January 2011)explored an unedited discourse "I have come into My Garden", taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1971 commemorating the 10th Shevat, the Yahrzeit of the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (4 January 2011)explored an unedited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1980 concerning Sedra Bo, presenting a fascinating perspective on Jewish life and...
The Alef Kabbala Group (14 December 2010)explored a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in December 1966, concerning Jacob living his 17 best years in Egypt. This becomes a teaching on the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (7 December 2010)had a Chanuka Party and this talk presented ideas from the Zohar (in Tanya ch35) and Rabbi Dov Ber Shneuri about the significance of the Chanuka lamp.
The Alef Kabbala Group (30 November 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Chanuka in 1977. Opening with the words (Shabbat 21b) that the Mitzva of the Chanuka lamp is...
The Alef Kabbala Group (23 November 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1956,on Shabbat Vayeshev, just after the Chassidic festival 19 Kislev, focusing on the theme...
The Alef Kabbala Group (16 November 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1983,on 10 Kislev, a day which celebrates the 2nd Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Dov Ber, the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (9 November 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1977,after Shabbat of Vayetze, on Jacob's words to G-d after his dream of the ladder, during his...
The Alef Kabbala Group (2 November 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1957,on Shabbat of Toledot, on the opening verse which says "And these are the generations of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (26 October 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1983,in the week of Sedra Chayei Sarah, on the verse "And Abraham was old, getting on in days,...
The Alef Kabbala Group (19 October 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1975,on Shabbat of Sedra Vayera, on the verse in which G-d says that Abraham will teach his...
The Alef Kabbala Group (12 October 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1981,on Shabbat of Sedra Lech Lecha - "Go for yourself". The discourse describes two kinds of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (5 October 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1982,on Shabbat of Sedra Noah. This focuses on the idea of the Rainbow being a sign of the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (28 September 2010) had a Succot party and briefly explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1977,after Simchat Torah, following a heart attack on Shmini...
The Alef Kabbala Group (21 September 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1978,shortly before Succot. An important theme of Succot is the unity of the Jewish people....
The Alef Kabbala Group (14 September 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1978 a few days before Yom Kippur. It presents the idea that we seek the 'depths' of the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (7 September 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1979 on Rosh Hashana. The discourse examines the concept of the blowing of the Shofar as a...
The Alef Kabbala Group (31 August 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1956 on Shabbat of Nitzavim Vayelech, shortly before Rosh Hashana, when the world will be...
The Alef Kabbala Group (13 July 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1975 in the week of Sedra Devarim. This is the Shabbat before the Fast of Ninth of Ab, and the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (6 July 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1979 after Shabbat of Sedra Matot-Mas'ey. The discourse focuses on the second Sedra, which opens...
The Alef Kabbala Group (30 June 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1975 in the week of Sedra Pinchas. The focus is on the Division of the Holy Land among the 12...
The Alef Kabbala Group (22 June 2010) explored a non-edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1956 on the 12 Tammuz, the day the Previous Rebbe, Yosef Yitzhak, was miraculously released from...
The Alef Kabbala Group (8 June 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1958 on the Shabbat of Sedra Korach, which was on 3 Tammuz. What was the meaning in Korach's...
The Alef Kabbala Group (1 June 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1979 for Sedra Shelach. The Sedra describes the debacle with the Spies, and then speaks of the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (25 May 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1974 for Sedra Behaalotecha on 15 Sivan, the day Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn, the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe,...
The Alef Kabbala Group (11 May 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1968 on Shavuot. The discourse focuses on the words at the beginning of the Ten Commandments "And G-d spoke...
The Alef Kabbala Group (4 May 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1983 on Shabbat Sedra Behar-Bechukotai. The discourse focuses on the words "If you walk in my statutes.." and...
The Alef Kabbala Group (27 April 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1951 on Lag B'Omer, relating also to Sedra Emor. Beginning with the words 'And you should count for...
The Alef Kabbala Group (20 April 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1985 on Shabbat of Sedra Acharei-Kedoshim. This begins 'And you should make yourselves holy" (Lev.20:7)....
The Alef Kabbala Group (16 March 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said for Shabbat Parshat Vayikra in 1980. G-d calls to Moses, and in a sense also calls each individual. The...
The Alef Kabbala Group (9 March 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said after the conclusion of Shabbat Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei, Parshat HaChodesh, 1979. Rosh HaShanah is in...
The Alef Kabbala Group (2 March 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Parshat Parah, Ki Tisa, 1979. The Red Heifer is famously described as a statute, beyond...
The Alef Kabbala Group (16 February 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Parshat Terumah 1987. This focuses on the theme of the Sanctuary which each person should...
The Alef Kabbala Group (9 February 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Parshat Mishpatim, which was Parshat Shekalim, 1977. This focuses on the theme of giving half a...
The Alef Kabbala Group (2 February 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Parshat Yitro in 1977, beginning with the first verse of the Parsha concerning Yitro. Why is the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (26 January 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on 13 Shevat 5711 (1951), continuing his Bati LeGani discourse said a few days earlier on 10 Shevat. This...
The Alef Kabbala Group (19 January 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Bo 1970 (5730), which was also Yud Shevat, the Tenth of Shevat, the Yahrzeit of his...
The Alef Kabbala Group (12 January 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Vaera 1983 (5743), which was also Rosh Chodesh, the New Moon of the month of Shevat, as Shabbat...
The Alef Kabbala Group (5 January 2010, 20 Tevet) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Shemot 1980 (5740). Sedra Shemot begins "And these are the names of the Children of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (24 November 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Vayetzei 1987 (5748)on the verse 'And Laban got up in the morning and kissed his sons and...
The Alef Kabbala Group (17 November 09), New Moon of Kislev, explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Toledot 1953 (5714)on the theme of the cycle of the moon. After being...
The Alef Kabbala Group (10 November 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Chayei Sara 1985 (5746)on the verse "And Abraham was old, getting on in days" (Gen.24:1). The...
The Alef Kabbala Group (3 November 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Vayera 1982 (5744)on the verse "And G-d remembered Sarah.. and she conceived" (Gen.21:1-2). The...
The Alef Kabbala Group (27 October 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Lech Lecha in 1984 (5745). This explores the journey of Abraham as a paradigm for the journey of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (20 October 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Noach in 1981 (5742). This takes kabbalistic explanations about Noach and the Ark and applies them...
The Alef Kabbala Group (13 October 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Bereishit in 1984 (5745). This explains the first verse in the Torah 'In the beginning' as guiding...
The Alef Kabbala Group (29 September 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said shortly before the Succot festival in 1975 (5736). This explores the idea that on the one hand the Succah...
The Alef Kabbala Group (22 September 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on 6 Tishrei in 1976 (5737) discussing the verse 'Return Israel, to Hashem your G-d' from the Haftorah on...
The Alef Kabbala Group (15 September 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Rosh Hashana in 1986 (5747) discussing the verse 'Blow the Shofar at the beginning of the Month' (Psalms...
The Alef Kabbala Group (8 September 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1972 at the beginning of the month of Elul (preceding Rosh Hashana), discussing the relation between the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (28 July 09) explored a discourse for the Ninth of Av which was said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe when that sad Fast fell on Shabbat in 1971. (The Fast was pushed off till Sunday)....
The Alef Kabbala Group (21 July 09) explored a discourse for Shabbat Chazon, the Shabbat before the Fast of the Ninth of Av, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1955. This starts with the verse from...
The Alef Kabbala Group (14 July 09) explored a discourse on Sedra Matot-Mas'ei taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1983. This focuses on the theme of Vows, which is the opening topic in the Sedra. A...
The Alef Kabbala Group (7 July 09) explored a discourse on Sedra Pinhas taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984. This focuses on the theme of the Korbanot, the daily offerings in the Temple.
The Alef Kabbala Group (16 June 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught on Shabbat Shelach 1975. It focuses on the verse 'And now may Your Name be great' (Num.14:17) which Moses...
The Alef Kabbala Group (19 May 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught on Shavuot 1965. The discourse discusses a passage in the Talmud (Shabbat 88b) describing the ascent of Moses...
The Alef Kabbala Group (12 May 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught on Lag B'Omer 1962. The discourse begins with the words Shir Hama'alot, 'A Song of Ascents' and discusses a...
The Alef Kabbala Group (5 May 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught after Shabbat Parshat Emor in 1978, on the them of Pesach Sheni, the 'second Pesach' on 14 Iyar (Friday 8 May...
The Alef Kabbala Group (28 April 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught on Shabbat Parshat Kedoshim in 1984, begining 'Mosheh Kibel Torah MiSinai', ie: Moses Received the Torah...
The Alef Kabbala Group (31 March 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught on Pesach in 1957, begining 'Vayehi bahatzi halayla' meaning 'And it was at midnight', the time of the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (24 March 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught in 1982, for Shabbat Parshat Vayikra, begining 'Adam ki Yakriv', usually translated as 'A person who brings...
The Alef Kabbala Group (17 March 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught in 1960, for Shabbat Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei. The discourse begins with the words 'Eleh Pekudei', 'These...
The Alef Kabbala Group (3 March 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught in 1977, discussing a passage from the Mishnah which presents the different days the Purim Megila might be...
The Alef Kabbala Group (17 February 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the words "And these are the laws you should set before them" at the beginning of Sedra Mishpatim, delivered...
The Alef Kabbala Group (10 February 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the words "I am the L-rd your G-d who took you out of the Land of Egypt", the first of the Ten Commandments,...
The Alef Kabbala Group (3 February 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Yud Shevat (10 Shevat, the Yahrzeit of his predecessor and father-in-law Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak) taught in 1969....
The Alef Kabbala Group (27 January 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Bo, taught in 1984. This concerns the daily Exodus which is the spiritual service of the individual,...
The Alef Kabbala Group (20 January 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Vaera, taught in 1975. The session was led by Rabbi Yisrael Weisz.
The Alef Kabbala Group (13 January 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Shemot, taught in 1976. The extended darkness of Exile leads to the boundless radiance of Redemption.
The Alef Kabbala Group (23 December 08) had a Chanuka Party with Yossi Negin playing violin and presentation of points about Chanuka discussing an image of the significance of the Lamp as expressed...
The Alef Kabbala Group (16 December 08) explored a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1978 for 19 Kislev, a special festive day called 'The Rosh Hashana of Chassidism'. The discourse begins...
The Alef Kabbala Group (9 December 08) explored a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1981 linking with Sedra Vayishlach. It begins with the words in the message which Jacob sends his...
The Alef Kabbala Group (2 December 08) explored a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1981 (and later edited) linkling with Sedra Vayeitzei. However, the discourse begins Atah Ehad, 'You are...
> The Alef Kabbala Group (25 November 08) explored a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1966 (and later edited) concerning Sedra Toledot. The discourse begins Vayizra Yitzhak, Isaac sowed...
The Alef Kabbala Group (18 November 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984 concerning Sedra Chayei Sarah, and also the special day Kof (20th) Cheshvan, the birthday of the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (11 November 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1952 concerning Sedra Vayera. It focuses on the scene of Abraham giving food to the three angels, and...
The Alef Kabbala Group (4 November 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1985 concerning Lech Lecha, the journey of Abraham. The Zohar describes this as a journey 'from above...
The Alef Kabbala Group (28 October 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1979 concerning Noach's offering to G-d when he left the Ark. The Midrash relates the 'fragrance' of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (7 October 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1962 concerning Yom Kippur. The High Priest is alone with G-d in the Holy of Holies ('No-one shall be...
The Alef Kabbala Group (16 September 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1954 on the Shabbat of Sedra Ki Tetze, on 13 Elul. The discourse begins with the words 'come my...
The Alef Kabbala Group (9 September 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1954 on the Shabbat of Sedra Re'eh. This discourse 'After Hashem..', explores the stages in our...
The Alef Kabbala Group (29 July 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1981 on the Shabbat of Sedra Masey. This Sedra, concluding the Book of Numbers, gives a list of 42...
The Alef Kabbala Group (22 July 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1954 on the Shabbat of Sedra Matot. The discourse concerns the theme of making vows (Nedarim) which is the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (15 July 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Twelfth Tammuz 1957. This is the day the Previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn, was released...
The Alef Kabbala Group (8 July 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Balak in 1981. The unedited discourse explains the famous words of the heathen prophet...
The Alef Kabbala Group (1 July 08), shortly before 3 Tammuz, the Yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, discussed a discourse he taught on Shabbat Tetzaveh in 1981. This was edited and published in 1992,...
The Alef Kabbalah group (10 June 2008) explored the edited Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1976 for Sedra Shelach ('And Joshua sent Spies'). The Sedra concerns the...
The Alef Kabbalah group (3 June 2008) explored the edited Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shavuot 1986. This concerns the intensity of the Divine revelation...
The Alef Kabbalah group (27 May 2008) explored the unedited Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Parshat Bemidbar 1954. This concerns the way the Camp of the Jewish...
The Alef Kabbalah group (20 May 2008) explored the unedited Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Lag B'Omer 1986. This begins 'It says in the Zohar'and concerns the...
The Alef Kabbalah group (13 May 2008) explored the unedited Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe during the week of Parshat Behar 1986. This begins 'When you Come to the...
The Alef Kabbalah group (6 May 2008) explored the unedited Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe during the week of Parshat Emor 1976, on 2 Iyar (birthday of the 4th...
The Alef Kabbalah group (29 April 2008) explored the edited Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the final day of Pesach (Acharon shel Pesach) 1954, starting with the...
The Alef Kabbalah group (9 April 2008) explored the edited Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Yud Alef Nisan 1982, entitled "Like the days of your going out of Egypt,...
The Alef Kabbalah group (1 April 2008) explored the (unedited) Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat HaChodesh in 1954. Parshat HaChodesh is an extra...
The Alef Kabbalah group (25 March 2008) explored the (unedited) Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Parah in 1958. Parshat Parah is an extra passage...
The Alef Kabbalah group (18 March 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Purim in 1984. It was published in edited form in 1988. The discourse focuses...
The Alef Kabbalah group (11 March 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught in 1981 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for 'Parshat Zachor'. This is an extra passage read this Shabbat (Sedra...
The Alef Kabbalah group (4 March 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught in 1983 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for 'Parshat Shekalim'. This is an extra passage read this Shabbat (Sedra...
The Alef Kabbalah group (26 Feb 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught in 1954 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Vayakhel. The Sedra begins with the command to keep the...
The Alef Kabbalah group (19 Feb 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught in 1985 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Ki Tisa. The focus is a theme from the Song of Songs (2:6),...
The Alef Kabbalah group (5 Feb 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught in 1986 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Terumah, concerning the instructions to build the Sanctuary....
The Alef Kabbalah group (29 January 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught in 1954by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Mishpatim, "Laws". This begins with discussion of different...
The Alef Kabbalah group (22 January 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the New Year for Trees, Fifteenth of Shevat 5731 (January 1971). Trees and...
The Alef Kabbalah group (15 January 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Tenth of Shevat 5748 (January 1988), the Yahrzeit of the Previous Rebbe...
Wednesday 2 January 2008, the Alef Kabbala Group is on vacation, but at the women's group of Project Lechaim we studied a Chassidic-Kabbalistic discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shabbat...
The Alef Kabbala Chanuka Party (11 Dec 07) with Yosi and Zalman Negin on violin and keyboard,and exploring points about Chanuka, based on Chassidic-Kabbalistic teachings.
The Alef Kabbala group (4 Dec 07) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Chanuka Kislev 5738 (1977), beginning with a passage from the Talmud (Shabbat 21b) "Our Sages learnt, the Mitzva...
The Alef Kabbala group (13 Nov 07) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Vayetze 5747 (1986) on the verse said by Jacob, after the dream of ladder, "And I will return in...
The Alef Kabbala group (6 Nov 07) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Toledot 5728 (1967) on the verse "And G-d (Elokim) should give you", the blessing given by Isaac to...
The Alef Kabbala group (30 October 07) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said after Shabbat Chayei Sarah 5738 (1977) on the verse "And Abraham was old, coming on in days". The Zohar...
The Alef Kabbala group (23 October 07) explored part of a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Parshat Vayera 5746 (1985) on a theme based on the Haftorah. This tells of a widow who...
The Alef Kabbala group (16 October 07) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Parshat Lech Lecha 5741 (1980) on the theme that the opening words of the Parsha, G-d telling...
The Alef Kabbala group (9 October 07) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Parshat Noach 5747 (1986) on the theme "Make a light for the Ark". Some explain the light is a...
The Alef Kabbala group (2 October 07) had a Succot party, with Tali Loewenthal, Rabbi Avraham Citron, and Yossi Negin playing violin. This includes stories, ideas and teachings.
The Alef Kabbala group (25 Sept. 07) studied a Maamar (chassidic discourse) taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe just before Succot 5740 (1979). It was edited by the Rebbe and published at the time. The...
The Alef Kabbala group (18 Sept. 07) explored a discourse delivered on Shabbat in Succot 5727 (1966). (First published last year as a pamphlet). This starts on the theme of Succot but then says in...
The Alef Kabbala group (11 Sept. 07) discussed a discourse delivered on Rosh Hashana in 1980 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, based on a passage in the Rosh Hashana prayers: "This day is the beginning of...
The Alef Kabbala group (4 Sept. 07) explored a discourse delivered in 1960 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe (based on a phrase in Psalm 27, LeDavid Hashem Ori, said in Elul: "My heart says, seek inwardness")...
The Alef Kabbala Group (17 July 07) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbat Devarim in 1964. That day was the Ninth of Av. Being Shabbat, the fast of the Ninth of Av was...
The Alef Kabbala Group (10 July 07) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbat Mattot-Mas'ey in 1962. As today, this was in the Three Weeks when we mourn the destruction of both...
The Alef Kabbala Group (12 June 07) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbat Korach in 1973. It was edited and published in 1990. The discourse discusses the staff of Aaron...
The Alef Kabbala Group (29 May 07) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbat Beha'alotecha in 1967. It was edited and published in 1990. The discourse discusses the verse which...
The Alef Kabbala Group (15 May 07) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shavuot in 1969. It was edited and published in 1990. This discourse discusses the verse which introduces...
The Alef Kabbala Group (8 May 07) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe entitled "In the Third Month.." 5729, said in 1969. This discourse discusses the importance of Rosh Chodesh Sivan, the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (1 May 07) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe entitled "Unveil My Eyes.." 5737, said in 1977. This discourse explores the meaning of Lag B'Omer, the celebration of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (23 Apr 07) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe entitled "Be Holy..." 1961, said in 5721. This discourse explores the idea of reaching for holiness beyond the world...
The Alef Kabbala Group (27 Mar 07) discussed a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe entitled "Ki Yishalcha Bincha" 5738, "When your son will ask you in the future". This discourse concerns the Question...
The Alef Kabbala Group (20 Mar 07) discussed a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Sedra Vayikra, said in 1972 (5732). Most of the Book of Vayikra (Leviticus) concerns the korbanot, the offerings...
The Alef Kabbala Group (13 Mar 07) discussed a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, beginning 'This month shall be for you the first of the months' (HaChodesh hazeh) said on Shabbat of the Sedra...
The Alef Kabbala Group (6 Mar 07) explored a discourse on Sedra Ki Tisa, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1968 (5728). This discusses the incense offered in the Temple, which is described in the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (27 Feb 07) discussed a discourse said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1953 (5713) on Purim. This edited discourse asks why the festival celebrating how the Jewish people were...
The Alef Kabbala Group (20 Feb 07) discussed a discourse on Sedra Teztave, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1981 (5741). This was the last discourse 'edited' by the Rebbe, in 1992, shortly before his...
The Alef Kabbala Group (13 Feb 07) discussed a discourse on Sedra Mishpatim, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1978 (5738). This 'edited' discourse explains the opening verses of the Sedra in general...
The Alef Kabbala Group (6 Feb 07) discussed a discourse on Sedra Yitro, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1974 (5734). This 'edited' discourse presents the idea that the Giving of the Torah, the...
The Alef Kabbala group (30 Jan.07) explored a discourse called Bati Legani, meaning "I have Come into My Garden". This unedited discourse was taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1988, on 10 Shevat,...
The Alef Group (23 Jan 07) discussed a discourse on Sedra Bo, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1981 (5741). This 'unedited' discourse starts with Moses telling the Israelites in Egypt that on the...
The Alef Kabbala group (16 Jan 07) explored a discourse on VA'ERA. This discourse was taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1972. Two years later the Rebbe edited the discourse and it was published in...
The Alef Group (9 Jan 07) discussed a discourse on Sedra Shemot, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1988 (5748). This discourse, edited by the Rebbe and published in 1990 for 24 Tevet, starts with the...
The Alef Group (19 Dec 06) had a Chanuka party, with Rabbi Zvi Telsner, Tali Loewenthal and Yosi Negin playing violin. There was also some discussion of a discourse said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe...
The Alef Group (12 Dec 06) discussed a discourse on Miracles, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1954 (5715). This discourse was published 'mugah' in 1990.It speaks of different aspects of the Divine...
The Alef Kabbala group (21 Nov 06) explored a discourse on the theme FREEDOM IN PEACE, based on a verse from Psalms, Pada beshalom Nafshi, "G-d has redeemed my life in peace". This discourse was...
Alef Kabbala Group Succot Party in the Succah (10 Oct.2006) with SOLO VIOLIN by YOSSI NEGIN: "SIMCHAT TORAH 1976" (SHM Tishrei p.203). This discourse, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Simchat Torah...
Alef Kabbala Group (26 Sept 06), discussing the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse for YOM KIPPUR "And No Man shall be in the Temple [at the moment when the High Priest enters the Holy of...
Alef Kabbala Group Discussion (Sept.2006): "ROSH HASHANA THAT FALLS ON SHABBAT" (SHM Tishrei p.17). This discourse, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1972, explores the fact that we do not blow the...
Alef Discussion (June 2006) about the theme of the Spies in Sedra Shelach (see Numbers chs.13-14). Rabbi Shneur Zalman's 'Likkutei Torah' presents a somewhat positive view of the Spies. They were...
Alef Discussion (May 2006) about the theme of the 'SOTAH'(Numbers 5:12) and the connection with SHAVUOT.
Alef Discussion (May 2006): "I am Hashem your G-d" - a discourse of the eve of SHAVUOT 1989. This discusses the fact that the opening words of the Ten Commandments speak of G-d as having taken the...
Alef Discussion (May 2006): "Ketonet Bad Kodesh 5736", relating to Sedra Acharei Mot. A discourse about the four white linen GARMENTS OF THE HIGH PRIEST worn when he entered the Holy of Holies on Yom...
Alef Discussion (April 2006): "Vehigadeta 5735". A discourse about the FOUR SONS in the Haggada. The duty to tell the story of the Exodus is focused on the fourth son (or daughter) - the one who does...
Alef Discussion (Feb.2006): "Bati Legani" - a basic Chassidic discourse
Alef Discussion (Jan. 2006): "Shemot 5736"
Alef Discussion (Dec. 2005): "Vayetze 5722 Veshavti Beshalom" a discourse said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1962.
The Alef Kabbala Group (6 January 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Sedra Vayechi 5738 (Dec 1977). This begins with the words of Jacob's blessing to Judah, and presents the four...
The Alef Kabbala Group (1 December 09, 14 Kislev) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Vayishlach 1980 (5741)on the verse 'And all your children will be learned.." (Isaiah...
The Alef Kabbala Group (23 June 09) explored the last discourse edited by the Lubavitcher Rebbe shortly before his stroke in 1992, which led to his passing away on 3 Tammuz 5754 (1994). The Rebbe's...
The Alef Kabbala Group (18 Dec 07) explored the Chassidic-Kabbalistic discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shabbat parsha Vayechi, 14 Tevet 5732 (1 Jan 1972) entitled "I have given an extra...
The Alef Kabbala group (20 Nov 07) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on 10 Kislev 5741 (1980) on the verse in Psalms (55:19) "He has redeemed in peace my soul". 10 Kislev is the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (17 Apr 07) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe entitled "A Locked Garden" 1987, said on 3 Iyyar 5747. This discourse presents the relationship between G-d and the...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1964, and it explains how each individual Jew is a 'partner' with G-d in the work of Creation.
This discourse was said on the eve of Rosh Chodesh Elul, in the week of Sedra Shofetim, in 1972. It discusses the verse from Song of Songs (6:3) 'I am to my Beloved, and my Beloved is to me' which...
January 2009: There was no meeting at the Alef Group for Sedra Vayigash but there was a talk at Neshei Chabad in London (Stamford Hill) exploring the discourse for Vayigash delivered by the...
Tuesday 25 December 07, the Alef Kabbala Group is on vacation, but here is a presentation of the Chassidic-Kabbalistic discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shabbat parsha Shemot 5722 (30 Dec...
A studio presentation of a second (unedited) discourse for Purim taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1957. This explores our relationship with evil, and the possibilities of elavating it and...
Studio presentation of an unedited discourse for Sedra Pekudei taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1970. This explores the idea that there are two kinds of Sanctuary, and similarly differing levels of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (8 December 09, 14 Kislev) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Vayeshev 1962 (5723, which was also Shabbat Chanuka, focusing on a phrase in the Al...
Studio' presentation of a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Parshat Terumah delivered in 1975. The beginning of the Parshah hints at three kinds of 'Terumah', donation, relating to the...
The Alef Kabbala Group (19 June 07, 3 Tammuz, the Yahrzeit of the Rebbe) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbat Tetzaveh in 1981. This was edited and published in 1992, and...
The Alef Kabbala group explored a discourse on CHAYEI SARA, 14 Nov 06. This discourse was taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1990, and later was edited by the Rebbe for publication. Sara was 127...
The Alef Kabbala group explored a discourse on VAYERA, 7 Nov 06. This discourse was taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1976, and later was edited by the Rebbe for publication. G-d says about Abraham...
The Alef Kabbala group explored a discourse on LECH LECHA, 31 Oct 06. This discourse was taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1977. Since the Rebbe had suffered a heart attack a few weeks previously,...
The Alef Kabbala group explored a discourse on NOAH 1990, 24 Oct 06. This discourse "These are the Generations of Noah 5751" (mugah) was taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1990. The name Noah means...
Alef Kabbala group exploring a discourse on Bereishit, 17 Oct 06. This discourse "Bereishit bara Elokim 5720" (not mugah) was taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1959. It explains the word 'bara',...
This teaching of Shabbat Va'era 1988 is about how we learn from the patriarchs and from Moses how to relate to G-d in our day to day lives.