Living Torah Archives

In the United States, there is much debate about the separation of government and religion.

Addressing members of Israel’s Defense Mission in the audience, the Rebbe explains the importance of Israel maintaining a large defense arsenal.

Yosef Ciechanover, head of Israel’s Defense mission to the United States, shares an exchange with the Rebbe at a farbrengen.

Chassidim sing a lively Niggun.

An excerpt of a talk from the Rebbe on the 35th Yahrzeit of his father-in-law and predecessor.

Torah states: “Every Jew is a king.” The Mitzvah campaigns especially express this kingship.

Torah expects a tzaddik to not be satisfied with his own righteousness; his mission is to influence his fellow Jews to follow G‑d’s path, and to help them become in turn sources of inspiration to others as well.

Every person is expected to become a ‘ruler’ over his surroundings – to make it a proper dwelling place for G-d. At first, a person is ruler only over himself. Later, he becomes ‘ruler’ and leader of his family. Then he goes on to become a leader in his community and so on. At each stage he must accustom himself to place the new majority’s needs before the previous “individual’s” needs.

“And you shall spread out westward and eastward and northward and southward.” (Genesis 28:14) This lively Niggun was composed to honor the Rebbe’s campaign to spread Torah Judaism to all four corners of the globe.

The Chasidim sing one of many inspirational niggunim commonly sung at Chasidic gatherings.

One of the Patriarch Avraham’s great first deeds was not only the promotion of monotheism, but the credo that G-d is “Master of the World.” G-d is the Master of the World in the occupational sense; this is what he does constantly. He fills the entire world with His presence and guidance.