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Why was the Tanya so novel? Who was the Rebbe's target audience and what was his objective for them? Looking no further than the Tanya's title page we read the Rebbe's self-stated mission statement spelled out lucidly.

Fix a time each day to study the words of inner Torah and ponder who G‑d is, what an awesome universe He has made, who you really are, and what is the relationship between your soul and the One Above.

Can anyone convert to Judaism?

Introduction For 24 years, from the passing of his mother, Rebbetzin Chanah, on the sixth of Tishrei, 5725 (1964), until 5749 (1988), the year following the passing of his wife, Rebbetzin Chayah Mushka, at every Shabbos farbrengen, the Rebbe would explain...

Introduction It’s a well-known story: Eruvin 53b; Eichah Rabbah 1:19 using slightly different wording. Rabbi Yehoshua ben Channanya said…, “Once I was walking on the road and I saw a child sitting at a fork in the road. I asked him, ‘Which way should I ta...

As the most direct and simple line between two points, it is misleadingly the surest way to town; but in truth, the "direct approach" is a dead end

Nitzavim is the Sidra invariably read before Rosh Hashanah, and it begins with Moses’ address to the Jewish people, “You are standing today, all of you, before the L-rd your G-d….” This invocation is both general and specific. It mentions the individual c...

The TargumTargum Onkelos ; similarly in Targum Yonasan. renders the phrase in the portion of Nitzavim “G-d will circumcise your heart,”Devarim 30:6. to mean “the foolishness of your heart.” The Targum does so to forestall the following question: “Circumci...

The Torah portion of Nitzavim is always read on the Shabbos before Rosh HaShanah.See Likkutei Torah, Devarim, p. 44a. The reason for this is that every Shabbos is related to and encompasses the days of the coming week. Thus the phrase “You stand ‘today…’ ...

In the Torah portion Nitzavim we read:Devarim 30:1-2. “There shall come a time when you shall experience all the words of blessing and curse that I have presented to you, and you will reflect on the situation… You will then return to G-d your L-rd… with a...