Holiness

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Kedoshim

25 April 2023

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...

Dimensions of Holiness

5 May 2020

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 Nature of Holiness

14 May 2019

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...

The Apotheosis of the Ordinary

7 May 2019

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,...

Self Sacrifice

1 May 2018

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.

The Journey to Haran

6 December 2016

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...

Sacred Moments

5775

How modern people can relate to the holy, presenting Rabbi Shneur Zalman's teaching that sacred moments are created by offering oneself to G-d. The insight is that altruism, thinking of others rather...

Goodness And Holiness

5774

How modern men and women can relate to holiness, using Rabbi Shneur Zalman's teaching on drawing near to G-d through offering oneself. The Lubavitcher Rebbe's explanation is that offering yourself...

The Essence And The World

5727

This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Kedoshim, 5727 (1967). The command 'Be holy because I G-d am holy' introduces the concept of sanctifying oneself even in permitted...