Torah, The

Purim Morning with the Rebbe at 770.

The Rebbe participates in a lively Tzivos Hashem rally in 770.

In ancient times, thousands of Jews with offerings in hand would make the pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the festival of Shavuot. For those who weren’t able to bring their offerings in the Temple on the holiday itself, some more time was allotted afterward, ...

Chassidim join the Rebbe in singing a joyous melody known a nigun simcha.

The Rebbe distributes L’chaim to the directors of Tomchei Temimim Yeshivos from around the world, to be given out to their students.

“Every person should take upon himself to learn a tractate of Talmud – and learn it with joy! Begin learning it this Yud-Tes Kislev, and complete it by next Yud-Tes Kislev.”

Chassidim sing a lively Nigun.

Chasidim sing a song with words in Russian; “We will not drown in water, and in fire we will not burn,” as the Rebbe distributes L’chaim to Jews who have recently arrived from the Soviet Union.

What is Torah? What is a commandment? What is revelation? What happened at Sinai? In this second in a six-part course on core Jewish beliefs, we set out to understand how Judaism views the Torah as much more than a set of laws.

With teachings, traditions, and narratives stretching back 37 centuries, how do we know they haven't been altered and even unrecognizably disfigured from their original iterations? And, is there any way to be certain that these stories really happened and...