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The Lubavitcher Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory (1902-1994); seventh leader of Chabad-Lubavitch, lived in Nikolayev and Dnieperptrosk (Ukraine), Leningrad, Berlin, Warsaw, Paris and New York; built upon and expanded his predecessors’ work to revolutionize Jewish life across the globe; known simply as “the Rebbe”
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Likkutei Sichos, Volume 3, Vayishlach
Names are significant. They reveal the inner nature of the person or people called by that name. The Jewish people are called by two names, Yaakov and Yisrael. Each of these names has a distinct meaning and significance.
Likkutei Sichos, Volume 1, Vayishlach
The prophecy of Zechariah, that Mashiach will appear as “a poor man, riding on a donkey,” is an image frequently depicted and referred to in Jewish art and literature. Why is the imagery of a donkey associated with Mashiach?
Likkutei Sichos, Volume 35, Vayishlach 3
“It is the duty of chassidic women and girls to stand in the front line of every activity [that seeks] to strengthen the observance of Yiddishkeit.” This excerpt from a letter, written back in 5696 (1936), reflects a trend that was developed and grew unde...
A Parshah teaching for every day of the week
The eighth section of the Book of Genesis chronicles the patriarch Jacob’s challenges as he returns to the Land of Israel after concluding his stay in Aram. It opens as he hears that his grudge-bearing brother Esau is on his way to confront him. Jacob sen...
In this week’s Torah reading, the Patriarch Jacob (Yaakov) is given a second name Yisrael, Israel. Indeed, when speaking collectively about our people and our land, this name is used more consistently and prominently. Judaism, particularly in the light of...
Lazer Sholokov was twelve and a half when he attended the Chabad camp at Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The camp director, Rabbi Shimon Bergman, had already noticed his innate sensitivity to Judaism during his previous participation in Chabad programs. So Rabbi...
Rabbi Avraham Gluck was a successful English lighting contractor with interests in many European countries. He was also a dedicated follower of the Rebbe. At yechidus (a private audience),the Rebbe told him that every Jew is like a light bulb, waiting for...
I. On the verse:Bereishis 45:14. “And he fell on the neck of Benyamin his brother and wept, and Benyamin wept on his neck,” our Sages comment:Megillah 16b, cited by Rashi in his commentary to the verse. [Yosef] cried for the two Batei HaMikdash (— as allu...
Likkutei Sichos, Vol. XV, p. 281ff. I. Several interpretations are offered for the verse: Bereishis 32:25. “And Yaakov remained alone.” Among them: a) The Talmud states Chulin 91a. (and this interpretation is quoted — with slightly different wording — by ...
In this week’s Sidra Jacob, after his struggle with the angel, is told that his name is now to be Israel. And yet we find him still referred to, on subsequent occasions in the Torah, as Jacob. Yet after Abraham’s name was changed from Abram, he is never a...
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