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The Lubavitcher Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory (1902-1994); seventh leader of Chabad-Lubavitch, lived in Nikolayev and Dnieperptrosk (Ukraine), Leningrad, Berlin, Warsaw, Paris and New York; built upon and expanded his predecessors’ work to revolutionize Jewish life across the globe; known simply as “the Rebbe”
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The third section of the Book of Exodus opens as G d tells Moses to come (Bo, in Hebrew) to Pharaoh in order to announce the eighth plague. Two more plagues follow, after which the Jews are finally released from slavery and sent forth from Egypt. G d tell...
This week’s Torah reading describes the exodus from Egypt. Before the Jewish people were redeemed, they were required to offer the Paschal sacrifice. G‑d introduces His commandment to bring that sacrifice with the statement: “This month is for you the beg...
R. Aharon of Karlin was one of the foremost students of the Maggid of Mezritch and a prominent scholar and teacher in his own right. His townsfolk wondered why despite his own greatness, he took the time and effort to travel to Mezritch and accept the Mag...
In 5751, the Rebbe complained that he was having difficulty reading the commentaries whose notes are printed in small letters in the Talmud. His secretary, Rabbi Leibel Groner, arranged that an ophthalmologist check the Rebbe’s vision. One of the tests re...
Two unusual features distinguish the tenth plague—the smiting of the Egyptian firstborn—from the other nine that G-d brought against the Egyptians. Firstly, Moses announced the specific time that it would take place (“about midnight”), and secondly, the I...
One of the differences between the Paschal offerings brought in Egypt and subsequent Paschal offerings is that those brought in Egypt were sacrificed by each family within their homes, while the later Paschal offerings had to be sacrificed in the Mishkan ...
The Rambam writesHilchos Chametz U’Matzah beg. of ch. 7. that “On the night of the fifteenth of Nissan it is a positive command of the Torah to relate the miracles and wonders that transpired with our forefathers in Egypt, for it is written:Shmos 13:3. ‘R...
In the Torah portion of Bo we read that the Jews left Egypt in great haste.Shmos 11:37. The Torah thus commands us:Devarim 16:3. “You shall eat matzah for seven days. This shall be lechem ohni [impoverished bread], since you left Egypt in a rush. You will...
In the Torah portion of Bo we find the plague of Darkness described as follows:.Shmos 10:22-23. “Moshe stretched out his hand … and darkness and blackness extended over all of Egypt. People could not see each other, and no one left his place for three day...
The tenth and final plague which G-d visited upon the Egyptians was the Plague of the Firstborn, which Moshe indicated would take place at midnight.Shmos 11:4 and commentary of Rashi. See also Berachos 6a. To shield themselves from this plague, Jews were ...
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