Chabad Rebbes

Upon his arrival in the U.S., he declared that “America is no different.” What did the Rebbe mean?

The third section of the Book of Numbers begins as G‑d tells Moses to instruct Aaron how to kindle (Beha’alotecha, in Hebrew) the lamps of the Tabernacle’s Candelabrum. It continues with the final preparations for the Jewish people’s departure from Mount ...

The week’s Torah reading begins with a description of the command to kindle the Menorah, the candelabra in the Sanctuary and later in the Temple. After relating the command, it concludes the subject with the words: “And Aaron did so.” On that phrase, our ...

In the 1970’s, one of the Lubavitcher chassidim managed to emigrate from Russia and settle in England. At his first opportunity, he flew to New York to visit with the Rebbe. During their meeting, the Rebbe asked him whether he had left his tallis and tefi...

Reb Mendel Futerfas spent 14 years in Soviet hard labor camps. One evening, all of his fellow prisoners were depressed. Each one lamented his own tale of woe. Before being arrested, one was a doctor. His career had been booming, and suddenly he was arrest...

This Parshah opens with the command to Aaron to light the lamps of the menorah, the seven-branched candelabrum that stood in the Sanctuary. The symbolism of the menorah and the act of lighting is the theme of the sicha, together with the example which Aar...

In the portion of Behaalos’cha, Moshe tells G-d that he cannot bear responsibility for the Jewish people all by himself. G-d responds by saying: “Assemble 70 of Israel’s elders… I will cause some of the spirit that you possess to emanate, and I will place...

Moses—the paradigm of humility

In the Torah portion of Behaalos’cha, the Torah speaks at length about the manna, the heavenly food that sustained the Jewish people during our 40-year sojourn in the desert. With regard to the manna, the Gemara notes: The verse statesBamidbar 11:9. that ...

Paschal Prerequisites In the portion of Behaalos’cha, the Torah relates.Bamidbar 9:1-16. how the Jewish people brought the Paschal offering in the desert on the fourteenth of Nissan , one year after their Exodus from Egypt. At that time, certain individua...