Living Torah Archives

After the Rebbe’s liberation from Soviet-imposed exile, he delivered a Chasidic discourse expounding the verse: “You caused a vine to journey out of Egypt; You expelled nations and implanted it.” The Sages explain that just as a vine is uprooted from its place and replanted elsewhere in order to grow more plentifully, likewise, when G-d moves a Jew to a new location, it is only in order to increase his success.

This lively Simchas Torah Nigun was a favorite of the Rebbe’s father, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak.

Chassidim sing a joyous Nigun.

An address on the Previous Rebbe's 100th birthday anniversary: The Midrash teaches that G-d created gold only for the Holy Temple. Why, then, did He place gold all over the world, where it can also be used for mundane purposes? Similarly, why did G-d allow His Torah to be lowered from its loftiest heights, to the point that even someone who seeks to misuse it, can comprehend it?

Chassidim sing the Alter Rebbe’s “Nigun of Four Stanzas.”

In discussing the essence of prayer, Maimonides explains that whenever a Jew is in need of anything, he is obligated to pray. But what gives a human the right to ask and expect his needs from G-d?

The Rebbe distributes bottles of L’chaim to Shluchim and special guests.

The 12th and 13th of Tammuz celebrate Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn's redemption from Soviet exile. But why does good often come only after hardship? Could G-d not have caused all the benefits resulting from the Rebbe’s liberation, without a painful and restrictive imprisonment?