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This discourse was said on the eve of Rosh Chodesh Elul, in the week of Sedra Shofetim, in 1972. It discusses the verse from Song of Songs (6:3) 'I am to my Beloved, and my Beloved is to me' which...
The multiple forms of leadership described in the Sedra: judges, kings, prophets and sages, explaining through Rabbi Shneur Zalman's Tanya that the entire Jewish people across all time is one...
The image of an orchard to explore the four levels of Torah interpretation known as Pardes, and connects the Sedra's laws for judges to the broader universal dimension of Torah. The Midrash's...
The pressure to compromise Jewish identity using the Sedra's warning against planting an Asheira tree near the Altar. The Lubavitcher Rebbe's interpretation is that this applies even to well-meaning...
The question of rabbinic authority, explaining through the Sedra's command to appoint judges and obey them that the chain of Torah authority extends unbroken from Sinai to the present. The history of...
The relationship between mind and heart in Jewish thought, using the verse about the Sedra's system of courts and the metaphor of a person as a tree. The mind representing reason and the heart...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Rosh Chodesh Elul, in the week of Parshat Va-etchanan, 5732 (1972). The acrostic of the Hebrew word Elul spells 'I am to my Beloved and my Beloved is to...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Shofetim, 5716 (1956). The Sedra commands judges and officers at all gates, and the verse 'her husband is known at the gates' from Woman...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Shofetim, 5729 (1969). The Sedra's command to place judges and police at the gates is explained through a Midrash that the 'city' is the...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Shofetim, 5727 (1967). The Sedra commands placing judges and guards at all the gates, and the Midrash presents a parable about a King who...