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The Lubavitcher Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson

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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 Deuteronomy continues Moses’ second farewell address to the Jewish people. Moses begins by urging the people to see (Re’eih, in Hebrew) that G-d has given them the choice between a life of blessings or one of curses; the ...
Among the concepts discussed in this week’s Torah reading are the mitzvos to tithe and to give charity. Interpreting one of the verses in this week’s Torah reading, our Sages comment: “Tithe in order to become wealthy.” בשביל, translated as “in order to” ...
If G-d is everywhere, why the need for a Temple?
In the sixties, the Rebbe met with a group of Jewish college students. One of them unabashedly told the Rebbe that he had heard that the Rebbe was capable of performing miracles, and asked the Rebbe if it was true. The Rebbe replied that our world is one ...
The following Sicha illustrates in a striking way an important truth about the nature of Chassidic thought. Chassidut is not simply one amongst many of the branches of Jewish thinking. It is not separate from or merely supplementary to the “revealed” face...
The commandmentSee Rambam, Sefer HaMitzvos , positive command 195; Chinuch , Mitzvah 478, 479. to give tzedakah (charity) is included in the Torah portion of Re’eh, where the verse states:Devarim 15:7ff. “Should there be amongst you a pauper… do not harde...
We are told in the Torah Portion Re’eh ,Devarim 13:5. “Follow G-d your L-rd, fear Him, observe His commandments, hearken to His voice, serve Him and cleave to Him.” On the words “cleave to Him,” Rashi explains: “Cleave to His ways, perform acts of loving ...
The Torah portion Re’eh begins by stating:Devarim 11:26-28. “See, I give you today [both] a blessing and a curse. The blessing [will come] if you obey the commandments… The curse [will come] if you disobey the commandments….” The word “see” indicates that...
The Torah portion of Re’eh provides two signs whereby we know that an animal may be eaten: it chews its cud and has cloven hooves.Devarim 14:6. When a person eats any type of food, be it animal, vegetable or mineral, the food becomes part of his flesh and...
In the Torah portion of Re’eh , the Beis HaMikdash (the Holy Temple) is referred toDevarim 12:11. as “the site that G-d will choose for His name to rest there.” In describing the Beis HaMikdash , the Rambam notesHilchos Beis HaBechirah 6:1-4. that it was ...
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