Chabad Rebbes

On the 27th of Adar the Rebbe suffered a stroke, and spoke no more. How are we to view this event? What does it demand of us?

Introduction Frequently, the Rebbe would explain that, when two Torah readings are combined, three themes emerge: the themes that each of the two parshiyos itself individually communicates and a third theme that results from the combination of the two. Al...

The tenth section of the Book of Exodus opens as Moses comes down from Mount Sinai for the third and final time and immediately assembles (Vayakheil, in Hebrew) the Jewish people. Moses informed them that G-d had forgiven them for the sin of the Golden Ca...

Parshas Pekudei begins with a reckoning of all the materials used in the Sanctuary. This is a lesson for each of us. For we have all been given gifts that we must make a reckoning of. When a person has been given potentials, be it wealth, intelligence, or...

This week’s Torah portion describes how Moses conveyed to the Jewish people G‑d’s command to build the Sanctuary, how the Jewish people generously donated to its construction, and how Betzalel, a master-craftsman, and host of other artisans, fashioned the...

One of Poland’s foremost Rebbes had a grandson who was very ill. His son called for the most skilled medical professionals, but they all returned with the same prognosis. Ordinary medicine had no cure for the disease that ailed him. Unless there was a mir...

At the public address at which he formally accepted the leadership of the Lubavitch movement, the Rebbe spoke of his father-in-law, the Rebbe Rayatz, R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, and his efforts to bring Mashiach. In particular, he mentioned the Torah s...

Once the Rebbe, Reb Zusia of Anipoli, was trudging down a country road. He passed a wagon with its wheels mired in the mud. “Help me push the wagon out,” the driver called to Reb Zusia. Reb Zusia realized that he was weak and frail and could not be of muc...

Stretch your imagination some. Mr. Goldberg gets a buzz on his intercom. “There’s someone who wants to see you,” his secretary announces. “Who is it?” “A distinguished-looking gentleman who calls himself Mashiach.” “Listen, tell him that I would really li...

Likkutei Sichos, Vol. XVI, p. 475ff. I. After the Torah describes the erection of the Sanctuary in detail,Shmos 40:17ff. it relates that the Divine Presence rested upon the Sanctuary, as it is written:Ibid.:34. “And the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting a...