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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 10th and final section of the Book of Leviticus opens as G-d promises the Jewish people that if they follow His rules (Bechukotai, in Hebrew), they will be rewarded with material wealth and well-being. The opposite is also true: By neglecting G-d’s la...
The opening phrase of the Torah, Im bechukosai teileichu, “If you proceed in My statutes,” is interpreted by our Rabbis as follows: Is the intent the performance of the mitzvos? The continuation [of the verse] “and are careful to keep My commandments” per...
There is a well-known analogy: A simple man enters a hospital and stumbles into the amphitheatre of the operating room. There he sees a man lying on the table and several men and woman cutting his flesh open and removing his body parts. He is aghast in ho...
On this Shabbos, as on Shabbos Parshas Ki Savo, we read the tocheichah, a series of curses that G‑d will visit upon the Jewish people if they repeatedly disobey Him. R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi himself served as the Torah reader. Once he was not at home for...
The Sidra of Bechukotai begins with the words, “If you walk in My statutes,” and the Sicha is in effect a profound commentary—almost a meditation—on this single phrase. It explores two central themes: The nature of Torah learning, and the relationship bet...
In the Torah portion of Bechukosai we read: “They will [then] confess their sins and the sins of their fathers….”Vayikra 26:40. The Toras KohanimIbid. comments that “This refers to repentance; as soon as they confess their sins, I will change [My conduct]...
The Torah portion Bechukosai opens with the words “If you will follow My statutes (bechukosai)….”Vayikra 26:3. Rashi , quoting Toras Kohanim ,Ibid. explains that since the verse goes on to say “and you will observe My commandments,” “If you follow My stat...
This week’s Torah reading begins with a description of the blessings a person will receive for the observance of the Torah and its mitzvos. And it continues with a detailed description of the retribution to be visited upon our people if they fail to obser...
Adapted from Likkutei Sichos, Vol. III, p. 1012ff; Vol. VI, p. 112ff; Vol. XVII, p. 313ff; Vol. XXII, p. 163ff Satisfying Thirst One characteristic of the human condition is a desire for growth.At times, this desire is consciously appreciated and therefor...
To Labor in Torah Study On the phrase,Vayikra 26:3. "If you proceed in My statutes," the Sifri states (as quoted by Rashi): Is the intent the performance of the mitzvos? The continuation [of the verse] "and are careful to keep My commandments" pertains to...
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