Living Torah Archives

Each year, in the days around the holiday of Shavuos, the Rebbe would deliver a special address to members of the N’shei Chabad Women’s group. Here, we present an excerpt from the Rebbe’s talk at this gathering in 1991.

Given their unique hardships, Jews in the former Soviet Union are especially deserving of Gd’s blessings.

“Lighting Shabbos candles causes one’s mazel to shine. Every girl, even before marriage, should light Shabbos candles, and should give charity beforehand.”

“Much success to you and your husband in working together to spread Judaism in Alaska. Don’t grow accustomed to any spiritual ‘coldness’ up there. On the contrary, warm it up!”

When G-d told Moses how to prepare the Jewish people to receive the Torah on Shavuos, He instructed him to speak to the women first, for it was the women’s commitment that would inspire the rest of the Jewish people at the time of the giving of the Torah—and down through the ages. More

When G-d told Moses how to prepare the Jewish people to receive the Torah on Shavuos, He instructed him to speak to the women first, for it was the women’s commitment that would inspire the rest of the Jewish people at the time of the Giving of the Torah—and down through the ages.

It is not surprising that the preparation for Sinai was to begin from the women and girls, for it is a fact of human nature that the tone of the household is set mainly by the woman of the house. This is why she is deemed in Torah “The Foundation of the Home,” the mainstay of the home.

First and foremost, the Jewish woman must educate herself. In addition to educating their children, all parents have a sacred duty to do everything in their power to continuously grow in their own Torah learning. This certainly includes the Jewish woman, for her personal advancement in Torah study increases the education of her whole family.

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Don’t be afraid of the current conditions in Hungary. The government and economy there are now very conducive to spreading Yiddishkeit.

Eilat is a coastal city, so you have the mission to export the Torah of Israel to every other place in the world.

The Rebbe participates in the Annual N’shei Chabad convention. “You are the righteous women of the last generation of exile, and you will be the righteous women of the first generation of redemption.”