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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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The fourth section of the Book of Exodus begins as Pharaoh “sent forth” (Beshalach, in Hebrew) from Egypt. The Jews proceed toward Mount Sinai to receive the Torah, but are pursued by Pharaoh and the Egyptian army. G‑d splits the Sea of Reeds, allowing th...
This week’s Torah reading mentions the manna, the food that fell from heaven which sustained the Jewish people during their journey through the desert. The manna was a training process, teaching the Jews to develop faith and trust in G‑d. For forty years,...
This Torah portionis always read close to the 22nd of Shvat, the yahrzeit of the Rebbe’s wife, Rebbetzin Chayah Mushkah. She was a very private woman and few people had the opportunity of knowing her, but those that did were struck by her elegant and nobl...
In the 1950s, there was a Reform Rabbi who carried on an extended correspondence with the Rebbe and would visit him from time to time. Once he told the Rebbe, “I envy the peaceful happiness and calm that radiates from the faces of your followers. I feel, ...
I. The Tur statesOrach Chayim, sec. 1; see also Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 1:5. that it is desirable to recite the passage concerning the manna every day.See the Perishah (based on the Talmud Yerushalmi, Berachos*) which states: “Whoever recites the pas...
Pinchas Torah Likkutei Sichos, Vol. VI, p. 86ff. I. On the verse:Shmos 14:27. “And towards morning, the sea turned back to its power,” the MidrashBereishis Rabbah 5:5; Shmos Rabbah 21:6; Zohar, Vol. II, p. 198b. states that when G‑d created the sea, He es...
This Sidra relates the story of the division of the Red Sea, its waters parted by a powerful wind sent by G-d. When the wind ceased and the waters closed on the pursuing Egyptians, we are told that “the sea returned to its strength.” Why did the Torah add...
The MidrashTanchuma (Buber) 16; Yalkut Shimoni and Midrash Lekach Tov on the verse. comments on the verseShmos 15:22. “Moshe led the Jewish people away from the Red Sea,” by noting that Moshe had to forcefully lead them away. This was becauseTanchuma, ibi...
At the conclusion of the portion Beshallach ,Shmos 17:8-13. the Torah relates that Moshe appointed Yehoshua to lead the Jews against the attacking Amalekites. During the entire battle Moshe’s hands were raised in prayer that the Jews be victorious. As lon...
The Torah portion of Beshallach describes how, after “Israel beheld the mighty hand which G-d wielded against the Egyptians, … Then Moshe and the children of Israel sang this song (shirah) … and they declared saying: ‘I will sing….’ ”Shmos 14:31-15:1. It ...
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