Ki Teitzei

Among the laws detailed in our Sidra is a section about divorce. The Rebbe analyzes the concept of divorce, both as it applies between man and wife and between man and G-d. It pursues certain paradoxes in the Talmudic tractate on divorce (Gittin) and in t...

If you open any translation of this week’s Torah reading, it will begin: “When you go out to war against your enemy.” But if you look into the original Hebrew, you will see that this is only an approximate rendition. Al, the Hebrew word translated as “aga...

It was the first day of school. During recess, the sixth grade buzzed with excitement as girls in groups exchanged their summer experiences. Leah, Nechamah, and Rina had become good friends at camp. “I’m so happy we were put in the same class this year,” ...

Adapted from Sefer HaSichos 5749, Vol. II, p. 676ff; Sefer HaSichos 5750, Vol. II, p. 655ff; Sefer HaSichos 5751, Vol. II p. 796ff Will a Dove Grow Claws? Every day, we conclude the Shemoneh Esreh prayers by praising G-d “who blesses His people Israel wit...

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...

In order to succeed and avoid being dragged into life’s many distractions, we must remain sufficiently removed from them.

How many battles did you fight today? None, you say? Think again. Did you fight fatigue in order to pry your eyes open this morning? Did you fight the mad traffic jam to navigate to work? At the office, did you fight laziness to climb the stairs instead o...