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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 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,...
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 (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 (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 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...
A class by Rabbi Nachman Sudak on a Chassidic discourse by the Rebbe, taught on Shabbat Parshat Bemidbar, 1968. Opening with the verse from Hosea "I will betroth you to me forever," the discourse...
Love of one's fellow as the great principle of Judaism, citing Rabbi Akiva and Hillel, and connects it to Shavuot and the Giving of the Torah. The Lubavitcher Rebbe's insight that counting each...
The secret of Shavuot through the mass census of the Jewish people in the desert and the unique historical nature of the Revelation at Sinai, witnessed by 600,000 men. Rabbi Judah Halevi's Kuzari is...
How the diverse Jewish people achieved unity just before the Giving of the Torah, explaining that true unity is not simple oneness but the combination of opposites. The Chassidic teaching on the...
On how the giving of Torah in the open desert signifies its universal accessibility to every Jew. The insight is that the Torah broke through barriers between the spiritual and physical, making the...
The Chassidic concept of the Divine Soul hidden within each person, contrasting it with the Animal Soul that usually dominates daily life. The insight is that the census in the Sedra points to the...
The tension between unity and difference within the Jewish people, as expressed in the tribal census of the Sedra. The insight is that the Jewish people's unity is achieved not through sameness but...
The significance of the Torah being given in a desert, reflecting on the declaration 'we will do and we will hear.' The insight is that just as the desert belongs to no one, Torah was given freely...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Bamidbar, 5727 (1967). The Zohar recounts that Rashbi caused rain to fall by teaching the verse 'how good and pleasant when brothers sit...