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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”
A Parshah teaching for every day of the week
The ninth section of the Book of Exodus begins with G‑d’s final instructions regarding the Tabernacle. G‑d tells Moses to take (Tisa, in Hebrew) a census of the adult male Jews by collecting a silver half-shekel coin from each one. The silver thus collect...
This week’s Torah reading recalls how Moshe sacrificed himself for the Jewish people after the Sin of the Golden Calf. After G‑d told him that He would destroy the Jews because of their sin and make a new nation from Moses’ descendants, Moses replied: “If...
R. Meir of Premishlan was the Rebbe of a small town that was then part of Austria-Hungary. He was known to perform miracles and the people of his community held him in awe. The younger members of the town, however, had their doubts and some even desired t...
Before Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin passed away, he made it known that his students should transfer their allegiance to Reb Mordechai of Nischiz. As each of Rabbi Shlomo’s disciples came to Karlin after the sage’s passing, they were given this advice and made t...
The Haftorah for Ki Tissa (I Kings 18, 1-39) records the famous confrontation between Elijah and the prophets of Baal. But Elijah’s accusation lay more heavily against the Jewish people for its indecisiveness, than against the “prophets” for their idolatr...
The Torah portion of Sisa begins with G-d telling MosheShmos 30:11-16. that, when he takes a census of the Jewish nation, he should do so by having each individual give a half-shekel atonement offering. So powerful was this charity offering that, when Mos...
The Torah portion of Sisa contains the command to make the kiyor, the basinShmos, 30:17ff. used by the kohanim to wash their hands and feet before performing a service in the Mishkan. All other vessels of the Mishkan are described in the previous portions...
The Midrash.Bamidbar Rabbah 12:3. says that when G-d told Moshe.Shmos 30:12-13. that the Jews were each to give a half-shekel as an “atonement offering for their souls,” Moshe was so stunned that “he became flustered and recoiled,” wonderingTosafos, Chuli...
The Torah portion of Sisa contains an entire section.Shmos 31:13-18. relating to Shabbos. It begins by stating that Shabbos is “a sign between Me and you for all generations, so that you know that I, G-d, am making you holy.” The section concludes: “And t...
The Midrash on the portion of Sisa relatesShmos Rabbah 46:1. that Moshe was distressed that as a result of the sin of the Golden Calf he had to break the Luchos , the Tablets upon which were inscribed the Ten Commandments. G-d told him, continues the Midr...
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