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The Alef Kabbala Group (17 December 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1968 for Sedra Shemot. G-d says "Who gave a mouth to man?" What does this mean? To see the pointed...
The Alef Kabbala Group (10 January 2012) studied a discourse for Sedra Shemot said in 1953, starting with a verse from the end of Song of Songs: 'You who dwell in the Gardens.. flee, my Beloved, to...
The Alef Kabbala Group (5 January 2010, 20 Tevet) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Shemot 1980 (5740). Sedra Shemot begins "And these are the names of the Children of...
The Alef Kabbala Group (13 January 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Shemot, taught in 1976. The extended darkness of Exile leads to the boundless radiance of Redemption.
Tuesday 25 December 07, the Alef Kabbala Group is on vacation, but here is a presentation of the Chassidic-Kabbalistic discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shabbat parsha Shemot 5722 (30 Dec...
The Alef Group (9 Jan 07) discussed a discourse on Sedra Shemot, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1988 (5748). This discourse, edited by the Rebbe and published in 1990 for 24 Tevet, starts with the...
Alef Discussion (Jan. 2006): "Shemot 5736"
This discourse was said in January 1966 on Shabbat Shemot. It concerns the sacred dimensions of "Names" on exalted spiritual levels
In this discourse, taught by the Rebbe in January 1959, Moses asks G-d 'how can I take the Jewish people out of Egypt? I cannot speak properly..'. G-d answers him: 'Who gave a mouth to man..? ...
The same theme as the 5770 sheet on spiritual identity: what gives the Jewish person their special relationship with G-d, the episode of Tziporah's circumcision, and internal perspectives on being...
On the yahrzeit of the Rambam (Maimonides) and uses the figure of Moses as a model of Jewish leadership, tracing the chain of leaders from Moses through Joshua, the Prophets, and onward to Maimonides...
The same theme as Shemot770: the spiritual identity of the Jewish person, the episode of Tziporah's circumcision, and the inner meaning of being Jewish beyond externally-defined identity.
The question of Jewish spiritual identity, exploring what gives the Jewish person their special relationship with G-d and with humanity. The episode of Tziporah circumcising her son on the journey to...
Humanity's power of invention and discovery as a Divine gift, using the brick-making technology of ancient Egypt as a starting point. The Sedra's account of Pharaoh removing the straw supply is...
Pharaoh's decree to throw Jewish babies into the Nile on multiple levels, including the spiritual level of inducing the Jews to depend on the Nile rather than on G-d. The deeper slavery was one of...
The themes of freedom and slavery in Exodus, focusing on the Tribe of Levi's refusal to submit to Pharaoh's slavery as a model of maintaining spiritual identity under pressure. The willingness to...
On the significance of names in the opening of Exodus, connecting the names of Jacob's sons to the theme of exile and redemption. The central insight is that what went into Egypt was our names, our...
The multiple dimensions of identity through the opening of Exodus, using Rashi's comment to show that a person has both a collective Jewish dimension and a unique individual dimension. The insight...
The multiple dimensions of identity: Jewish identity and personal individual identity, drawing on Rashi's comment about the two dimensions revealed in the opening verse of Exodus. The story of...
On the heroic role of Jewish women in the Egyptian slavery, particularly the midwives and Moses's mother and sister, arguing for the importance of a thorough Torah education for girls and women....
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Shemot, 5748 (1988). In the Haftorah for Shemot, Isaiah declares that 'those who come will be rooted by Jacob', and the Tzemach Tzedek...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Shemot, 5725 (1965). The Sedra opens with 'And these are the names of the children of Israel', and Rashi compares the Jewish people to the...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Shemot, 5719 (1959). Rabbi Shneur Zalman teaches in Torah Or that Moses' soul came from a higher world, which is why he could not speak...