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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 16, Vayakhel 1
Introduction The sichah that follows is in many ways an archetype for the Rebbe’s approach to the study of Rashi’s commentary. Fundamental to this approach is that Rashi did not merely collect and present commentaries from our Sages on Scripture. Instead,...
Likkutei Sichos, Volume 26, Vayakhel 2
Introduction Why does the Torah repeat all the details of the construction of the Sanctuary in Parshas Vayakhel and Parshas Pekudei? How to construct the Sanctuary and all its particulars was already specified in Parshas Terumah and Parshas Tetzaveh, so w...
A Parshah teaching for every day of the week
The tenth section of the Book of Exodus opens as Moses comes down from Mount Sinai for the third and final time and immediately assembles (Vayakheil, in Hebrew) the Jewish people. Moses informed them that G-d had forgiven them for the sin of the Golden Ca...
This week’s Torah portion describes how Moses conveyed to the Jewish people G‑d’s command to build the Sanctuary, how the Jewish people generously donated to its construction, and how Betzalel, a master-craftsman, and host of other artisans, fashioned the...
At the public address at which he formally accepted the leadership of the Lubavitch movement, the Rebbe spoke of his father-in-law, the Rebbe Rayatz, R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, and his efforts to bring Mashiach. In particular, he mentioned the Torah s...
Stretch your imagination some. Mr. Goldberg gets a buzz on his intercom. “There’s someone who wants to see you,” his secretary announces. “Who is it?” “A distinguished-looking gentleman who calls himself Mashiach.” “Listen, tell him that I would really li...
Vayakhel begins with Moses assembling the Israelites on the day after Yom Kippur, to repeat to them the commandment of Shabbat. The passage raises several questions, especially in its use of the passive in the phrase, “Six days shall work be done.” In its...
The Torah reading of Vayakhel begins with Moshe relating G-d’s command that the Jews donate for the construction of the Mishkan. Moshe states it thus:Shmos 35:5. “Take from among yourselves an offering to G-d; whoever’s heart moves him shall bring the G-d...
The Torah reading of Vayakhel begins by describing how Moshe assembled the entire nation and, after first relaying G-d’s command to keep Shabbos, conveyed His desire that the Jews donate objects for the construction of the Mishkan.Shmos 35:1ff. RashiIbid....
The book of Shmos concludes with the words “in all their journeys.” The theme of the book is the story of how, as the Midrash says:Bereishis Rabbah 3:5. “the Jewish people departed from darkness to light.” It stands to reason that the theme of Shmos shoul...
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