Parshah (Weekly Torah Reading)

The wisdom of letting be.

Anxious Parshah

Among the 613 mitzvot of the Torah, there is one that stands apart. While most mitzvot are performed intentionally—lighting Shabbat candles, giving tzedakah, studying Torah—the mitzvah of shikchah, leaving the forgotten sheaf, can never be done on purpose...

The Torah portion of Ki Teitzei contains 74 of the Torah’s 613 mitzvahs—27 positive commandments and 47 prohibitions—more mitzvahs than any other parshah. A portion so rich in mitzvahs is naturally filled with profound life lessons as well. One of the mos...

Introduction It was a moment that impacted our people’s spiritual history for centuries: Antigonus of Socho taught his students, Avos 1:3. “Do not be like servants serving the master for the sake of a reward. Rather, be like servants who serve their maste...

Introduction At the farbrengen mentioned in the introduction to the previous sichah, P. 302. See Toras Menachem, Vol. 12, p. 2054. the Rebbe emphasized how the study of nigleh, the revealed and largely legalistic dimensions of the Torah, plays an importan...

Introduction In 5714 (1954), Tomchei Temimim (the Central Lubavitcher Yeshivah) located at “770,” Lubavitch headquarters, had a relatively small student body. As such, Shabbos Parshas Ki Seitzei of that year represented a unique occasion, for three yeshiv...

A story of a wild horse, an out-of-control young man, and its powerful message that can bring us all home.

To what extent do Divine providence, free choice, and cause-and-effect intersect? Or do they?