Half Shekel

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KITisa Pekudei (5727)

24 February 2014

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...

Parshat Shekalim (Sedra Mishpatim)

14 February 2012

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...

Ki Tisa taught

15 February 2011

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...

Zeh Yitnu 5737

9 February 2010

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...

Ki Tisa 5743

4 March 2008

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...

Counting or Transforming the Jewish People

1 February 2016

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.

The Half Becomes Whole

5772

On the half-shekel contribution as an expression of the spiritual principle that recognizing oneself as incomplete is actually a higher level than feeling whole. The insight is that awareness of...

Counting

5727

This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Vayakhel, Parshat Shekalim, 5727 (1967). The Parshat Shekalim reading from a second Torah scroll is about counting the Jewish people...

Giving One's Best

5717

This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Ki Tisa, 5717 (1957). The verse 'when you count the heads of the Children of Israel... they should give a half-Shekel' is explored through a...