Living Torah Archives

Bread, water, wine, and oil represent various dimensions in Torah.

After the Talmudic sage Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai committed the Zohar to writing, he was informed by Heaven: “With this book of yours the Jewish people will be sustained.”

In the early 1980s, the Rebbe began to speak on the importance of raising awareness about the Seven Laws of Noah among non-Jews.

It happened once on Shabbos that in the midst of prayer, the Alter Rebbe removed his Tallis and went to the edge of the town. There, he found a woman who had just given birth. The Alter Rebbe had sensed that she needed help...

Maimonides rules that every Jew was commanded at Sinai to influence all of mankind to observe the Seven Noahide Laws. Therefore, even in a place where not a single Jew seems to live, you must do everything in your power to make that place more civilized, by promoting the observance of the Seven Noahide Laws.

After being freed from Russian prison on the 19th of Kislev, 1798, the Alter Rebbe wrote a letter describing the circumstances surrounding his liberation. It is striking to see how much emphasis he places on the impact his liberation had on the non-Jews of S. Petersburg.

On the 19th of Kislev 5559 (November 27, 1798) the founder of Chabad Chasidism was released from prison after being falsely accused of treason. A Jewish leader sacrifices his own standing to find every Jew in need of guidance and ensure that they receive it.

A Niggun composed by the Alter Rebbe. The song has four stanzas, and each raises the singer and listener to the next spiritual realm.

A lively Niggun, to which the words “Ketiva Vachatima Tova” were later added. During the singing, the Rebbe motions to the photographers to say L’chaim.