א' דראש חודש אלול, ה'תשמ"ב

1. Every Rosh Chodesh contains dual aspects: the general concept of Rosh Chodesh; and simultaneously, an element unique to the Rosh Chodesh of a particular month. A parallel to this would be man: Every person is created “in the image of G‑d;” simultaneous...

The Lubavitcher Rebbes were emphatic that children be taught the Hebrew letters and vowels separately, and only afterwards how to pronounce them together — for example, to recite: "Kumatz-Alef — Uh". Each individual letter, vowel and sound was given at Si...

The first Chabad Rebbe offers a parable illustrating G-d’s closeness of every individual during the Hebrew month of Elul.

Many manuscripts of Maimonides’ Commentary to the Mishna show an illustration of the Holy Menorah in which each decorative goblet on the Menorah’s branches face upward. But Maimonides’ own handwritten sketch of the Menorah shows the exact opposite: They f...