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A presentation of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's views on the Jewish people's connection with the Holy Land, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the so-called "Land for Peace" issue

The inside story of the Rebbe’s involvement in Israel’s security, as told by its defense and government leaders.

In August of 1990, Saddam Hussein, brandishing threats to “burn” the Holy Land with his chemical warheads, marched the armies of Iraq into Kuwait. As the world reacted in alarm and fear, the Rebbe spread a message of confidence and trust. The Rebbe quoted...

A letter from the Rebbe written on March 11, 1991, ten days after the end of the first Gulf War

Code of Jewish Law, Laws of Shabbos, Chapter 329: If non-Jews besiege a Jewish border town—whether in the Holy Land or in the Diaspora—stating that they come only to pilfer straw, Jews are obligated to arm themselves for war, even on Shabbos, because such...

Rashi states on Torah’s very first verse: “It could happen that gentiles will claim the Jews stole the Land of Israel from them. Therefore, G-d related His mighty works in the Book of Genesis to show that it was He Who created the Land of Israel and gave ...

Gedalya Schreiber has served as director-general of Israel’s Religious Affairs Ministry and as director-general of its Chief Rabbinate. In 1980, he joined the entourage of the Sadigura Rebbe for an audience with the Rebbe.

Excerpts from a talk by the Rebbe following the raid on Entebbe to free hostages taken during the hijacking of an Air France flight from Tel Aviv in the summer of 1976.

The word tzaddik is usually applied exclusively to saintly leaders, but the Rebbe applied it to everyone.

A series of clips highlight the relationship between the Rebbe and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir.