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The Alef Kabbala Group (12 November 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 on the Shabbat of Vayishlach. This has the theme that Torah study helps maintain the world in...
The Alef Kabbala Group (1 December 09, 14 Kislev) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Vayishlach 1980 (5741)on the verse 'And all your children will be learned.." (Isaiah...
The Alef Kabbala Group (9 December 08) explored a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1981 linking with Sedra Vayishlach. It begins with the words in the message which Jacob sends his...
Jacob sends a message to Esau that he has been in Laban's home for 20 years and he has acquired oxen and donkeys, sheep and male and female servants". What was the real meaning of his statement? What...
Jacob faces a battle with Esau, and in his prayer to G-d he expresses his unworthiness to enjoy G-d's 'kindness'. The discourse explores Kabbalistic perceptions of Chesed, Divine Kindness.
This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1964, was discussed in the Alef Kabbalah group 1 December 15. The discourse explores the spiritual meaning of Jacob's gift to Esau in the context of the...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Vayishlach, 1964. Jacob is sending a gift to Esau to appease him. The gift is called Mincha. This leads to discussion of the Mincha (Afternoon) prayer, and...
This discourse was taught in 1968 on Shabbat Sedra Vayishlach. It explores the goal of Wisdom: Repentance and Good Deeds. Wisdom by itself cannot grasp the highest levels, for 'Thought cannot grasp...
This discourse was taught on Shabbat Vayishlach, 19 Kislev, 1969. It starts with Jacob’s words to G-d, that he is unworthy of all the good which G-d has worked for him. Humility as a response to...
The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Vayishlach, 1982. Jacob's goal was to transform Esau to good. This was the inner meaning in his wrestling with the angel, whom the Sages tell us was the...
Sedra Vayishlach tells of Jacob's meeting Esau after many years of seperation. Before they meet, Jacob battles with Esau's angel. This helps us understand the role of the Jew in the world.
The moment when Jacob was left alone before the night wrestling match, connecting the Chassidic New Year of Yud Tes Kislev to the theme of Jacob's encounter with the angel. Rabbi Shneur Zalman's...
The molecular tension in crystal structures as a metaphor for the constant conflicts in human life, connecting this to Jacob's threefold strategy before meeting Esau: gifts, prayer and battle...
On the unusual dots placed over the Hebrew letters in the Torah's description of Esau kissing Jacob, discussing the ambiguous and dangerous relationship between Jacob and Esau as representing the...
On the great Jewish leaders who veiled their wisdom to avoid being misunderstood, examining Jacob's readiness to confront and ultimately transform Esau after twenty years of separation. Jacob's...
The duality within each Jew of being both Jacob and Israel, examining how Jacob's wrestling with the angel resulted in his being given the new name Israel. Both names remain valid and relevant...
The two psychological types in the Jewish community: resisters and affirmers, relating them to the wrestling match between Jacob and the angel. Both impulses can exist within one individual, and the...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Vayishlach, 5743 (1983). Jacob was left alone and wrestled with the angel of Esau, and the Sages say 'they raised dust to the Throne of...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Vayishlach, 5718 (1958), which coincided with 19 Kislev. Jacob's message to Esau mentioning 'oxen and donkeys, flocks, servants and...