Living Torah Archives

Vintage footage taken from a farbrengen marking the passing of the Rebbe’s father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson.

The Rebbe’s father saw kabbalistic significance in every event in his life. Was this a humble approach?

Chasidim sing a lively nigun, a favorite of the Rebbe’s father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneersohn. The Rebbe enthusiastically encourages the singing.

The passing of the Rebbe’s father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, is marked on the 20th of Av. He was imprisoned and exiled to Kazakhstan for his stance against Soviet efforts to uproot Jewish learning and practice.

The advantage of quality over quantity in deterring the enemy, and in the battle of the spiritual over the physical.

The Rebbe’s father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Schneerson, whose passing is marked on the 20th of Av, was imprisoned and exiled to Kazakhstan for his stance against Soviet efforts to uproot Jewish learning and practice.

Torah is eternal. “Eternal,” by definition, means that at all times and in all places, everything stated in Torah is true. The Jerusalem Talmud points out that in Hebrew the word ‘Emes — Truth’ is spelled: Alef-Mem-Tof — Alef is the first letter of the alphabet, Tof is the last letter of the alphabet, and Mem is the middle letter. This signifies that truth is that which is consistent from beginning to end without compromise.