Chabad Rebbes

Even if we feel it necessary to take another person to court, ensure it remains a “case” and does not descend into a “quarrel.”

The sixth section of the Book of Deuteronomy continues Moses’ second farewell address to the Jewish people. Moses continues to review many aspects of Jewish law, beginning with the laws governing the behavior of Jewish soldiers when they go out (Teitzei, ...

This Torah reading begins, “When you go out to war against your enemies….” What does a soldier feel when he enters combat? Maimonides writes: “Once a soldier enters the throes of battle, he should rely on the Hope of Israel and their Savior in times of ne...

The way we looked at certain things has changed over the last decade. Ten years ago, there were people — I don’t mean only Rabbis and other men of the cloth, but laymen and business people — who were speaking about an end to war. For example, John Naisbit...

Rabbi Aryeh Levine, famous for his efforts on behalf of Jews imprisoned by the British for their efforts to seek Israel’s independence, shared a unique relationship with his wife. As the couple advanced in years, the woman began to feel several of the dif...

Among the laws detailed in our Sidra is a section about divorce. The Rebbe analyzes the concept of divorce, both as it applies between man and wife and between man and G-d. It pursues certain paradoxes in the Talmudic tractate on divorce (Gittin) and in t...

In the Torah portion of Seitzei we learn:Devarim 25:4. “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading grain.” Concerning this precept, the Alter Rebbe notesShulchan Aruch Admur HaZakein, Hilchos She’alah U’Sechirus par. 22. that one does not transgress this co...

The vast majority of laws relating to Jewish marriage and divorce are derived from verses in the Torah portion Seitzei.Devarim 24:1 and onward. The relationship between husbands and wives is similar to the relationship between G-d and the Jewish people. I...

In the Torah portion of Seitzei we read:Devarim 22:11. “Do not wear a forbidden mixture, in which wool and linen are together [in a single garment].” This forbidden mixture is known as shatnez, or kilayim. The Torah goes on to state:Ibid., verse 12. “You ...

From the passage in the Torah portion of Seitzei:Devarim 24:1-2. “When a man takes a wife and lives with her … and she goes out … and she becomes...,” we learnSifri, ibid. See also Kiddushin 4b ff.; Yerushalmi , beginning of Kiddushin. that a man may marr...