Prayer and Sensitivity
When he was a young man, the Alter Rebbe decided to exile himself to a place of Torah study. He deliberated whether to go to...
Category : Chassidut
The Tanya on Torah and Science: Part 1
In honor of the 19th of Kislev, we will study an excerpt from chapter 8 of the Tanya, in which the Alter Rebbe relates to...
Connecting with Our Soul’s Root
Private Audience It is known that one can have a private audience with the Rebbe—a yechidut. Every chasid, and even those who are not chasidim,...
The Torah Academy: The Meanings of “Blood”
The Torah Academy The pamphlet you have before you is titled The Torah Academy. It contains a dream of several decades, and just recently...
The Ba’al Shem Tov on Aesthetics
Keter Shem Tov, Section 76 All that we have discussed regarding aesthetics relates to the central innovation of a teaching from the Ba’al Shem Tov....
Freedom and Miracles
Introduction Today[1] is the yahrzeit of Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk who is also referred to as "the small Ba’al Shem Tov" or "the second Ba'al...
Chassidut: Spontaneity in Izhbitz
Izhbitz and Chabad This year, Shabbat Vayigash is the 7th of Tevet, which is the yahrzeit (day of passing) of the Izhbitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Mordechai...
The Voice of Jacob
What is the secret of the Holiday of Redemption on the 19th of Kislev and its continuation on the 20th of Kislev? The Ba’al Shem...
The Essence of the Year 5783 Part 2
Click here to read part 1 of this series (Based on a class given on 5 Elul, 5782) The word “one” appears exactly 3 times...
The Power of Teshuvah
Breaking Down Teshuvah In the daily calendar he wrote in 1944 known as the Hayom Yom, the Lubavitcher Rebbe relates that the Maggid of Mezritch—the...
