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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 Genesis continues the chronicle of Abraham. The name of this section (Vayeira, “He appeared”) is its first word, describing G-d’s revelation to Abraham after his circumcision. This revelation is followed by the visit of t...
The Torah reading of the present week describes the hospitality of our Patriarch Abraham, how he would provide wayfarers with food, drink, and lodging in desert regions. Moreover, not only did he provide them with their needs, he did so in a gracious and ...
One day, while on shlichus in Bangkok, Rabbi Chezki Lifshitz was riding in a taxi stuck in heavy Bangkok traffic. Calculating that it would take less time to walk to his destination, Chezki paid the fare and got out. As he was walking down the street, a w...
Reb Binyamin Kletzker was one of the followers of the Alter Rebbe. He was both a very successful timber merchant in Russia and a mystic who was known to meditate for hours on end. Once after laboring over his annual budget and arriving at the bottom line ...
Shabbat Parshat Vayeira, 15 Mar-Cheshvan 5748
"And Avraham planted an eshel in Beersheva and he proclaimed the name of the L‑rd, G‑d of the world."Bereishis 21:33. The maamar entitled VaYitah Eshel delivered on Shabbos Parshas Vayeira, 5698,Sefer HaMaamarim 5698, p. 105ff. 50 years ago, focuses on th...
In this Sidra, we read of G-d’s appearance to Abraham after his circumcision. But why was his circumcision so great an act as to merit such a reward? This is the question that the Rebbe answers, and explains in depth the special relationship between the J...
The Torah portion Vayeira, the Hebrew word for revelation, begins by stating that “G-d revealed Himself to him [Avraham] in the Plains of Mamrei….”Bereishis 18:1. The Zohar notesI 88b; see also ibid., 98a. that, prior to Avraham’s circumcision, he could o...
When Rabbi Sholom Ber of Lubavitch was four or five years old, his mother escorted him to see his grandfather, the Tzemach Tzedek , on the Shabbos of the Torah portion Vayeira , in order for him to receive his grandfather’s birthday blessing. Upon enterin...
The Torah portion of Vayeira begins by relating that G-d appeared to Avraham at the entrance of his tent. But when Avraham observed three strangers standing nearby, he got up, asked G-d to wait, and ran to greet the strangers and offer them hospitality.Be...
The Gemara,Sotah end of 10a ff. See also Bereishis Rabbah end of ch. 54. citing the verse:Bereishis 21:33. “He [Avraham] called there in the name of G-d, L-rd of the universe,” remarks: “Do not read ‘Vayikra — He called,’ rather, ‘Vayakri — He made others...
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