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The Alef Kabbala Group (9 September 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1954 on the Shabbat of Sedra Re'eh. This discourse 'After Hashem..', explores the stages in our...
The Baal Shem Tov's 250th yahrzeit year to explore why Re'eh always falls near Elul, seeing Divine Providence in the connection. The Sedra's opening theme of blessing through obedience to mitzvot is...
The deep human need for moral freedom and free choice as central to what makes us human, examining why bad exists in creation. The Sedra's presentation of blessing and curse is used to show that evil...
The tension between environment and free choice, examining Moses's warning to the Jews entering Canaan about the dangers of assimilation. The Lubavitcher Rebbe's insight is that kashrut, broadly...
The month of Elul as a time of love between G-d and the Jewish people, with the Shofar blown daily as both an alarm calling for self-examination and a coronation declaration of G-d as King. The twin...
On the contemporary threat to shechitah and the spiritual rationale behind kosher slaughter, explaining that the Torah restricts meat-eating to ensure it is done with awareness of its spiritual...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Re'eh, 5732 (1972). The verse 'See that I (Anochi) am giving you today a blessing and a curse' is analysed through the Chassidic...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Re'eh, 5748 (1988). The Sedra begins 'See I am giving before you today a blessing and a curse', and Rabbi Shneur Zalman explains that the...