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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 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 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...
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 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...
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 days of the week are a spiritual "building of the Sanctuary", actualized on Shabbat. Further, Shabbat empowers us to advance into the week ahead.
Alef Discussion (Feb.2006): "Bati Legani" - a basic Chassidic discourse
How the individual relates to the community through the Nasi offerings brought by the princes of the twelve tribes at the Sanctuary's dedication. The Lubavitcher Rebbe's insight that each prince...
On the relationship between work and Shabbat as expressed at the opening of Vayakhel: work has intrinsic value but also points toward Shabbat as its goal. The Torah's message is that individuals and...
The two accounts of the Sanctuary: first the ethereal vision received by Moses on Sinai, then the practical account of how the Jewish people actually built it. The Temple in Heaven and on Earth...
The Sanctuary as the model for the Jewish home, presenting the idea that husband, wife and children together express the four letters of the Divine Name as described in the Zohar. Building the Jewish...
The paradox of G-d being infinite yet also finite enough to be contained in the Sanctuary, using King Solomon's words at the Temple dedication. The Ark of the Covenant is cited as a miraculous...
Whether the universe is conscious, exploring this through the Chassidic image of a sleeping person whose inner being is present but not directing action. The Sanctuary and the Torah are presented as...
The Jewish home as a small sanctuary mirroring the Temple, drawing on the three main objects in the Sanctuary: the Menorah expressing prayer, the Altar expressing the flow of blessings, and the Ark...
The step-by-step spiritual progress in the Torah from the seven days of Sanctuary dedication to the eighth day, drawing an analogy to leaps in technology. The Sanctuary's eighth day represents a new...
The tragic death of Aaron's two sons on the eighth day of the Sanctuary's dedication, explaining it through their spiritual ecstasy that caused their souls to leave without fulfilling their full task...