Self Sacrifice

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Positive and Negative Self-Sacrifice

19 July 2022

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...

Owning The Torah

15 February 2022

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...

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.

Sedra Pinchas

26 July 2016

Taught by the Rebbe in 1965, this discourse discusses positive and negative terms of self-sacrifice.

Vayorach HNoach 5740

28 October 2008

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 Step Beyond Self

5769

On the Akedah, the binding of Isaac, as the crucial turning point in which Abraham and Isaac both showed willingness to give everything for G-d. Abraham's mission of bringing recognition of the...

Leadership: Making The Connection

5774

Jewish leadership through the figure of Moses in Tetzaveh, examining what it means to make the spiritual connection between G-d and the Jewish people. Moses's personal dedication and self-sacrifice...

The Self-Sacrifice Of Leadership

5770

The theme of self-sacrificing leadership through the figure of Mordechai, who gave up intensive Torah study to devote himself to protecting the Jewish people at the Persian court. The insight is that...

Self-Sacrifice of the Zaddik (Part 2)

Part two (continuation) of Naftali Loewenthal's study on the self-sacrifice of the Zaddik in Chabad thought, continuing the exploration of how total self-abnegation shapes the Rebbe's role and his...

Self-Sacrifice of the Zaddik (Part 1)

Part one of an academic study by Naftali Loewenthal on the concept of self-sacrifice (mesirut nefesh) of the Zaddik (Chassidic Rebbe) in Chabad-Lubavitch thought. The article examines how Chabad...

Self-Sacrifice of the Zaddik (Part 2)

Part two (continuation) of Naftali Loewenthal's study on the self-sacrifice of the Zaddik in Chabad thought, continuing the exploration of how total self-abnegation shapes the Rebbe's role and his...

Self-Sacrifice of the Zaddik (Part 1)

Part one of an academic study by Naftali Loewenthal on the concept of self-sacrifice (mesirut nefesh) of the Zaddik (Chassidic Rebbe) in Chabad-Lubavitch thought. The article examines how Chabad...