The Rebbe's Notebook

The "Reshimot"

Three notebooks of notes by the Rebbe, of righteous memory, came to light about a month after his passing, when they were discovered in a drawer in his room. The entries in these journals date between the years 1928, the year of the Rebbe's marriage, and 1950. Throughout these the Rebbe kept these notebooks with him at all times, jotting down the scholarly and sublime products of his phenomenal mind also in the most precarious of circumstances. Read more >>>

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		Spiritual Space Paris 1938 Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe The deeper meaning behind the different opinions in the Talmud and commentaries regarding the menorah’s spatial alignment inside the Temple, and regarding the identity of its miraculous “western lamp.” 4 Comments



		The Vegetarian Era Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Matzah represents the bare necessities of life. The Passover offering represents luxuries whose function is solely to give pleasure. Maror represents a middle ground between these two extremes... 6 Comments



		The Human Biosphere Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe The spiritual significance of shechitah; the laws of kashrut applied to the beast, bird and fish within the soul of man



		The Criminal, the Litigant, and the Partner Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe In the Talmud, the laws of Mishpatim are expounded upon in three "gates" -- Bava Kama, Bava Metzia, and Bava Batra. The Rebbe sees these as three stages in the social and spiritual journey of man 2 Comments



		The Eastern Colonists 1940 in Vichy, France Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Why the dramatic shift in Moses' view on the Jewish settlement of the eastern territories? If the Reubenites' and Gadites' petition initially struck him as reminiscent of the sin of the Spies, what convinced him to endorse their plan and even expand on it? 3 Comments



		The Fluidity of Life Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Who has not fallen prey to the oh-so-human tendency to compare his life to the lives of others? "If only I had So-and-so's mind (or talent, or money), then I'd be able to make a difference and have some impact on the world!"



		Transform the World or Personal Perfection? Nice, 1941 Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Why content ourselves with the perfection of the individual self, when we have been empowered to transform the world?



		A Matter of Place Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe



		A Window on Life Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe



		The Geometry of Time Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe How can a unit of time be defined as a day of rest, the very antithesis of time? 1 Comment



		The Gazelle Sukkot 1931 Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe



		Midday in Jerusalem Chanukkah 1939 Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe



		The Metallics of Love Chanukkah 1935 Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe



		Flying Branches Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe



		The Heifer and the Calf 1940, Vichy Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe 1 Comment



		Incarcerated Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe



		The Needle Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe The needle is a fellow with a mission: to wed disjointed fragments into a whole cloth. 1 Comment



		Means of Marriage Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe



		The Mudswamps of Hella Penned December 1935 Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe What happens when you mix the soil of materialism with the water of spurious reason? 2 Comments



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