Chassidic Works

He didn't write it specifically for his Chassidim, rather that it should be all-inclusive, for any neshamah.

Introduction Perhaps the most difficult thing for anyone to bear in a relationship is indifference, the feeling that a loved one has turned away, as if what is happening does not matter to him or to her. For this reason, the prophecy, Devarim 31:18. “I wi...

Introduction No Jew is a one-dimensional being. Beyond the individual identity that we each possess, we are part of the Jewish people as a collective and our conduct affects not only ourselves, but the entire Nation of Israel as a whole. While true at all...

By very definition, there cannot be an eighth year in a seven-year cycle!

The Sidra of Vayelech is usually read on the Shabbat after Rosh Hashanah. And the Rebbe establishes the connection between its content and its place in the calendar. The Sidra describes how Moses, having finished putting the Torah into writing, handed it ...

In the beginning of the Torah portion Vayeilech, Moshe tells the Jewish people that it is time to hand over the reigns of leadership to Yehoshua, for “Today I am 120 years old and I can no longer go out and come.”Devarim 31:2. RashiIbid. explains that thi...

In the Torah portion of Vayeilech, we learn that “at the conclusion of the Sabbatical year, at the beginning of the new seven-year cycle,” during the festival of Sukkos, the king read certain sections of the book of Devarim before all the Jewish people, w...

The Torah portion Nitzavim is always read prior to Rosh HaShanahRambam, Hilchos Tefilah 13:2; Tur and Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 428.. When the portion Vayeilech is separated from Nitzavim and is read separately, it will be read on the Shabbos before Yo...

Adapted fromLikkutei Sichos, Vol. XIX, p. 298ff;Vol. XXIX, p. 173ff;Sefer HaSichos 5749, p. 5ff;Sichos In English, Vol. 51, p. 161ff. To Luxuriate in Torah Study Our Rabbis speak of גן (53) weekly Torah readings.Zohar, Vol. II, p. 206b; See Likkutei Sicho...