Chanukah: Hidden Secrets of the Dreidel

The popular Chanukah toy contains some of the deepest secrets of Judaism. This article is an excerpt from a full monograph on the secrets of the dreidel avaiable for download. Topics range from the dreidel as a meditative toy, to its relationship with the spin of elementary particles.

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The Spiritual Essence of Shevat According to the Book of Formation

Upcoming dates in Shevat

• 10 Shevat - (1950) Yahrzeit of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe
• 10 Shevat - (1951) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn becomes the 7th Lubavitcher Rebbe
• 15 Shevat - Tu Beeshvat

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Rosh Chodesh Av 5769

Part 1: Harav Ginsburgh introduces and teaches a new model for understanding the inner essence of the 12 months and their meaning. The model (partzuf) corresponds the months with the three Names Havayah in the Priestly Blessing and then with the model of Havayah as the archetypal family structure of father, mother, son, and daughter. Click here to read...

11 Shevat 5769 - Part 1

...When you are willing to be recruited to this cause of winning the king's spiritual war, you are immediately given his most trusted treasure and weapon—the secrets of the secrets of the Torah—without any effort on your part. And you do not need to draw these secrets down form above. You discover that they are within you; where you are, in your present state. Simply put, you realize that you yourself are the treasure. The treasure is in you yourself... Click here to read...

Special Video of the dancing at Harav Ginsburgh's lecture at Yeshivat Aish Kodesh in Ramat Gan - 15 Shevat 5769. Click here to view with Windows Media Player. (music begins after 20 seconds and video zoom's out after about 2 mins.)