Likkutei Sichot, Vol. 2: דברים

The connection between parshas Devarim and Shabbos Chazon—the inner intent and reason for the exile.

The Cherubs’ Embrace Two cherubs of gold stood on either end of the Kappores covering the Ark of the Covenant. Our Sages Bava Basra 99a; Yoma 54a. relate that when the Jewish people followed G‑d’s will, the cherubs faced each other, embracing like l...

The Sidra of Devarim is always read on the Shabbat before the 9th of Av, the date on which both Temples fell. These tragedies are reflected in the choice of Haftorah for the surrounding weeks, those before the 9th of Av expressing prophecies of rebuke for...

The opening passage of Devarim is invariably read on the Shabbos that precedes the Ninth of Av, the fast that commemorates the destruction of the first and second Holy Temples. This Shabbos is known as Shabbos Chazon , because the first word of its Haftor...