Alef Kaballah

Ki Bayom HaZeh

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe for Sedra Acharei Kedoshim in 1988. Concluding the depiction of the service in the Sanctuary on Yom Kippur, the Torah states 'before G-d you will be purified'...

UveRoshei Chodsheichem

This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 5735 (as a continuation of his maamarim on Yetziat Mitzrayim from Pesach and Shmini that year), discusses the verse "UveRoshei Chodsheichem" and how all Rosh...

HaChodesh Hazeh LaChem

This discourse, taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Hachodesh in 1975, discusses the double dimension represented by the months of Nisan, revelation from above, and Tishrei, effort from below....

U-Moshe Nigash

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Yitro in 1965. Near the end of the Sedra, 'The people stand far off and Moshe enters the thick cloud'. The discourse discusses the nature of...

Vayita Eshel

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Parshat Vayera in 1986. Abraham planted a tree, or an orchard, or set up an inn - the Zohar gives deep kabbalistic meaning to these words, concerning the...

"You have affirmed G-d today"

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Ki Tavo, 20 Elul,  in 1974. It concerns the interrelated quality of the Jew, G-d, and the Torah. The session includes a discussion about the...

Double Comfort

The Rebbe taught this Maamar (discourse) in 1968, on Shabbat Parsha Va-etchanan, following the Fast of the Ninth of Av. The Haftorah begins with the words 'be comforted, be comforted, My people'. The...

Death is Consumed Forever

The Rebbe taught this discourse in the week of Sedra Devarim in 1965, at the conclusion of his saying Kaddish for his mother,  Rebbetzin Chana. He edited and published the discourse in 1988 for the...

Olat Tamid

The Rebbe taught this Discourse on Shabbat Pinchas in 1974. This Sedra includes a full list of the offerings to be offered in the Temple, and the discourse discusses the meaning of the Offerings, and...

VeAtah Tetzaveh, Gimmel Tamuz

This discourse 'VeAtah Tetzaveh', was taught by the Rebbe in 1981 for the Sedra Teztaveh.  But in 1992 the Rebbe published an edited version of the discourse, and shortly afterwards had a stroke,...

The Temptation to Disengage from the Physical World

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Parshat Shelach in 1974.  It concerns the story of the Spies entering the Land of Canaan.  The discourse expolains that they have a mission to elevate the...

Haham Ma Hu Omer

This discourse was said on the second night of Pesach in 5730 (1970). It concerns the question of the Wise son mentioned at the Seder.  What is he really asking, and what answer is he given?

"And behold, when Moshe (Moses) raised his hand..."

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Purim in 1970. It explains the special quality of Amalek and how the Jew has the power to eradicate it within his or her own life.

Vayishma Yitro 5745 not edited by the Rebbe

This discourse was taught in the week of Parsha Yitro, which tells of Yitro coming to be with Moses and the Jewish people, and then of the Giving of the Torah. The Zohar links these two events. When...

Gathering The Scattered Ones

The Rebbe said this discourse on Shabbat Nitzavim-Vayelech in 1967. It discusses the verse 'if your scattered ones will be at the ends of heaven - G-d will gather them together' (Deut.30:4) and...

Redeeming The Captive

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Ki Tetze in 1985. The Sedra opens with the idea of a soldier in battle finding a beautiful woman, whom he takes captive, and the Torah regulates his...

Knowledge of G-d and Judges at the Gates

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Sedra Shofetim in 1966. The opening verse about placing judges at the gate of the city is first explained in terms of the limits of our knowledge of the...

Shabbat Chazon (before 9 Av)

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Chazon (Parshat Devarim), the Shabbat before the Fast of Ninth of Av, in 1973. It takes a verse from Lamentations and shows how it has different...

Two Kinds of Radiance

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Behaalotecha in 1964. The Sedra begins with Aron 'lighting the lights' and the discourse explains that apart from the seven lights of the Menorah,...

Bati Legani 1984

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat 10 Shevat 1984, expounding the Previous Rebbe's Bati Legani discourse, particularly focusing chapter 14.  In 1950 the Previous Rebbe had published a...

Moses' Question

In this discourse, taught by the Rebbe in January 1959, Moses asks G-d 'how can I take the Jewish people out of Egypt? I cannot speak properly..'.  G-d answers him: 'Who gave a mouth to man..?     ...

Joseph Was Working For Us

The Rebbe taught this interesting discourse on Shabbat Miketz in 1972. It explains that Joseph's battle alone in Egypt was actually on behalf of the whole Jewish people. Kabbalistically, it enabled...

Chanukah

This discourse, taught on Shabbat of Chanukah by the Rebbe in 1966, focuses on the opening verse of the Haftorah from Zacharia 2:14. The discourse explains the spiritual power of Charity, Tzedaka,...

Decent In Order To Rise

This Discourse was said for Sedra Toledot in 1966.  The Scriptural text states that Isaac 'planted' and the crops were a hundredfold more than expected, and G-d blessed him, and he became very great....

G-d's Favour

This discourse was said by the Rebbe in 1961, in the week of Sedra Noah.  It quotes a verse from the Simchat Torah liturgy and shows that it is relevant throughout the year.  The main theme of the...

Rosh Hashana on Shabbat

This discourse, said by the Rebbe on the eve of Rosh Hashana in the autumn of 1972, discusses the rule that when Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat, one does not sound the Shofar. The Talmud says this is...

Atem Nitzavim 5725

Beyond Vows?

This discourse was said by the Rebbe on Shabbat Mattot-Masey, 1966.  It concerns the concept of making vows, the subject of the beginning of the Sedra of the week, Sedra Mattot. When a person...

Beyond Vows?

This discourse was taught on Shabbat 12 Tammuz in 1967. On 12-13 Tammuz, 1927, the Previous Rebbe was given his freedom after his arrest on account of his activities strengthening Judaism in the...

Upper Waters & Lower Waters

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat of Sedra Naso, a few days after Shavuot, in 1966.  It provides a fascinating perspective on the relation between the Torah and Nature.  The essence...

Shavuot, Giving of the Torah

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Bemidbar, following Lag B'Omer (which was on the previous Sunday).  This Shabbat was just before the outbreak of the Six Day War in Israel.  It...

Kedoshim

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Kedoshim, in 1967.  The command 'you should be holy' (Leviticus 19:2) at the beginning of the Sedra is explained by Nachmanides to mean...

Ultimate Freedom From Pharaoh

The Rebbe taught this discourse, which begins with a quote from the Haggadah, 'We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt..' on Shabbat Parshat Tzav in 1988. It explains that enslavement to Pharaoh comes...

The Eternal Temple

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Terumah, 1983.  The command in the Torah 'Make for Me a Sanctuary' (Exodus 25:8) is commented on by the Midrash: since the text states 'for...

Towards Heaven Or Earth?

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Mishpatim 1967.  A verse in the Sedra speaks of lending money to the poor; this opens a discussion of the 'direction' of our service of G-d. Are we...

A Key Moment

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Yitro in 1984.   The Giving of the Torah was a key moment in history, and especially in the history of the Jewish people. They were...

Transforming Bad To Good

The Bati Legani (I have come into My garden) series of discourses by the Rebbe are elaborations of his father in law's final discourse with the same name. This discourse from 1983 discusses...

Mind and Heart

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Sedra Bo in 1984.  It concerns the two dimensions of Mind and Emotion and the way a personal 'Exodus from Egypt' is achieved when the Mind and Emotion fully...

Why The Pain?

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in January 1967, on Shabbat Sedra Va'era.  It discusses why there had to be the pain of the slavery in Egypt - which relates also to the pain of other periods...

Transforming Esau

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Vayishlach, 1982.  Jacob's goal was to transform Esau to good.  This was the inner meaning in his wrestling with the angel, whom the Sages tell us was the...

The Morning Burst of Light

The Rebbe said this discourse on Shabbat Vayeitze in 1987.  The verse which tells us that 'Laban got up early in the morning' is reinterpreted in a Kabbalistic way. Laban (literally meaning 'white')...

Inspiration and Response, Love and Awe

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1964, for Shabbat Toledot.  The Sedra begins 'And these are generations of Isaac the son of Abraham.  Abraham begat Isaac.' The discourse explores this...

Reaching Up In Order To Go Down

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Sedra Chayei Sarah, 1964.  A detailed discussion of a comment by the Zohar on the opening verse provides an interesting perspective on the role of Sarah.  ...

The Cry of The Soul

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Vayera, 1964.  It focuses on the Haftorah from II Kings ch.4, with a story about Elisha. The beginning discusses the nature of Torah texts, which are...

Go To Yourself

This discourse was taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1964 on Shabbat Lech Lecha.  It concerns Abraham being told by G-d 'Go for yourself... to the land which I will show you'.  The discourse...

Escaping the Flood - into the Word

In this discourse of Sedra Noah, 1964, the Rebbe quotes Song of Songs 'many waters cannot quench love' which is explained as meaning that even the many waters , the Flood of anxieties about one's...

The Importance of 'The People'

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Ki Tavo, 1967, which was the 18th of Elul that year. It starts with a quote from the Sedra 'Look down from Your sacred abode and bless Your people,...

Dimensions of Redemption

This discourse was taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the Shabbat before 9th Av (the fast commemorating the destruction of both Temples) in 1984, called Shabbat Chazon, the Shabbat of the Vision. ...

Journeys of Life

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Sedra Matot-Masey in 1965. The Sedra lists the 42 'journeys [stages] by which the Jewish people left Egypt'.  But didn't they leave at the very beginning?  ...

Positive and Negative Self-Sacrifice

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Pinchas 1965. It speaks of the self sacrifice of Pinchas, who risked his life to preserve the moral integrity of the Jewish people in the...

UFARATZTA - Spreading Out Round The World

This discourse was said by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parsha Balak in 1958. It discusses the fact that Balaam's blessing focuses on Jacob (rather than Israel) when he wishes the Jewish people to be as...

The Statute of the Torah

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parsha Chukat in 1965.  It concerns the law of the Red Heifer, which is described both as the central Mitzva in the Torah and also as a Statute which...

The Lamps of the Soul and of the Torah

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Behaalotecha 1969. Relating to the Golden Menorah in the Sedra, the discourse discusses the concept of a 'Lamp'.  Each Jew has a personal Lamp, their...

General and Particular

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Naso of 1968. Its theme is the General and the Particular, in many different aspects of life and of Judaism.

Three Aspects of 'Saying'

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shavuot in 1969. It discusses the word 'saying' in the verse at the beginning of the Ten Commandments: 'And G-d spoke all these Commandments saying'....

Ends And Means

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Bechukotai 1984.  It focuses on the first verse of the Sedra and explains that this Sedra is about the purpose of Creation, which is the indwelling...

Revealing the Radiance

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Behar-Bechukotai in 1987. It concerns the spiritual dimension of counting the Omer.  The Rebbe presents three different ways of understanding this,...

Involuntary Holiness

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Emor in 1965, and was edited by the Rebbe for publication in 1990.  Commenting on a discussion by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of a verse in the...

Sacred and Mundane

The Rebbe taught this discourse for Shabbat Kedoshim in 1965. It expresses the central Chassidic idea: that not only the holy, also the mundane can express the Divine.   In this discourse this idea...

Moshiach: Teacher and King

The Rebbe said this discourse on the last day of Pesach in 1965. The Haftorah for this day focuses on Moshiach, and the Chabad custom is to have a final meal in the late afternoon with Matza and four...

On that Night

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Purim in 1965.  It focuses on the verse (Esther 6:1) 'On that night the sleep of the King was disturbed'.  This is the point in the story when Ahasuerus cannot...

Revealed Torah, Inner Torah

This discourse was said by the Rebbe on Shabbat Vayikra 1965. It presents a fascinating perspective on the relation between the revealed Torah (the Talmud and Laws) and the inner aspect of Torah...

The Sanctuary, the Shema and Shabbat

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Pekudey, 1965.  In the first verse of the Sedra there are hints to different stages in service of the Divine. These parallel the relationship between...

The Mirrors Of The Sanctuary

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Vayakhel in 1959. Moses gathers the people to tell them about the Sanctuary, because the Sanctuary relates to every Jew.  Within the Sanctuary is the...

Owning The Torah

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shushan Purim Katan in 1967, that's 15 Adar I. It focuses on a discourse with the same 'name', ie opening verse, which was heroically taught by Rabbi Joseph Isaac...

The Olive And The Oil

This discourse was said by the Rebbe on Shabbat Tetzaveh in 1965.  Does the oil have to be extracted from the negativity of the bitter olive, or does it naturally descend from the exalted olive of...

Accepting The Divine

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Terumah in 1965.  Discussing a verse at the beginning of the Sedra, it explains that inspiration from the Divine is always available.  One form of...

The Smoke on the Mountain

This discourse was said by the Rebbe on Shabbat Mishpatim in 1965. It discusses the 'cloud' or 'smoke' on Mount Sinai.  The smoke represents the negativity and coarseness of the world; but G-d makes...

Entering the Thickness of the Cloud

This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1965 for Sedra Yitro, discusses Moses' climbing Mount Sinai after the revelation of the Ten Commandments.  He was going to be forty days and nights on the...

The Bati Legani Discourse 1962

This is a foundational discourse for the Rebbe, because it was the last discourse prepared by the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn, which he wanted studied by his followers...

Moses and the Patriarchs Before Him

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe early in 1965, on Shabbat of Sedra Vaera. This Sedra tells how G-d appeared to the Patriarchs with His Name Sha-dai, and yet He will be revealed in a higher way...

Saying 'Echad' in the Shema - Darkness and Light

The Rebbe said this discourse on Shabbat Balak in 1970, just after the 12 Tammuz Lubavitch festival, celebrating the release of the Sixth Rebbe from imprisonment and exile in Soviet Russia, in 1927....

How Moses Helps Conquer Amalek

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on the Shabbat before Purim in 1970, when we read the command to 'remember Amalek'. In the battle against Amalek described in Sedra Bashalach (Exodus 17:8-16),...

Journey to Jerusalem

In Temple times one would travel to Jerusalem three times a year for the Pilgrim Festivals (or 'Foot Festivals') Pesach, Shavuot and Succot. In this discourse, taught by the Rebbe on Parshat...

mix 56m49s

This discourse was taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe during the week of Sedra Yitro in 1970.  It speaks of the meaning of the first words of the Ten Commandments: I am the L-rd your G-d..'.  Who is...

The Song of the Sea

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Beshalach 1970. It begins with the opening words of the song which was thankfully sung by the Jewish people together with Moses after the miracle of...

Bati Legani - I have come into My Garden

The Bati Legani discourse was the last discourse of Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn (d.1950).  It was seen as his last will and testament. Each year his son-in-law and successor Rabbi Menachem Mendel...

Moses and Aharon

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Va’era in 1970.  There are two verses (Ex.6:26-7) which speak of Aaron and Moses taking the Jews out of Egypt, and Moses and Aaron speaking to Pharaoh. The...

Minor to Major

This discourse, taught by the Rebbe on the Shabbat of Sedra Shemot in January 1970, focuses on the first verse of the Haftorah (Isaiah 27:6) and the first verse of the Torah reading (Exodus 1:1). The...

The Significance of Judah

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Vayechi in December 1969. It focuses on the blessing to Judah, the ancestor of the Davidic Kings: Judah, you, your brothers will submit to you, and...

Judah and Joseph

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Vayigash in late December 1987. It focuses on the moment at the beginning of the Sedra when Judah draws near to Joseph, a theme which is repeated in the...

Joining Opposites

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in the week of Chanukah in 1969. It develops the theme that in a time of Exile opposites can join, and the darkness and light signified by the terms ‘sing’ and...

Joy in the Light and Also in the Dark

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Vayeshev in 1969, which was Shabbat Chanukah. The Haftorah from Zacharia begins (2:14)  ‘Sing and rejoice daughter of Zion’. The Rebbe expounds this...

Revealing the Divine in the World

This discourse was taught on Shabbat Vayishlach, 19 Kislev, 1969. It starts with Jacob’s words to G-d, that he is unworthy of  all the good which G-d has worked for him.  Humility as a response to...

Revelation and Reality

This intriguing discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat of Vayetze in 1987. It presents a mystical interpretation of the Biblical figure Laban, Jacob’s uncle. Although the straightforward...

Light and Love

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Toledot  which was the eve of Rosh Chodesh (New Moon of) Kislev in 1953.  On the eve of the New Moon, the moon is hidden.  Then a thin sliver of moon is...

The Effect of a Mitzvah

This subtle discourse was said by the Rebbe on Shabbat Chayei Sara, 1969, and was published by the Rebbe in Kuntres Kaf Cheshvan, 1991. It explains the intricate spiritual cosmology of existence and...

Communicating Monotheism

This brief discourse of Shabbat Vayera 1987 discusses the travelers' inn which was run by Abraham and Sara in order to draw people closer to Monotheism.

Two Directions of Travel

This discourse was said by the Rebbe in 1977, a few weeks after he suffered a heart attack on Shmini Atzeret. It was said after Shabbat Sedra Lech Lecha, from his room, and his followers in 770 (and...

The Rainbow in the Cloud

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Noah in 1982.  After the Flood, G-d tells Noah that He is making a Covenant with humanity that there will not be another total Flood. The...

Being There by Not Being There

The Rebbe said this discourse on Shabbat Bereishit, 1969.  Shabbat was the day before Rosh Chodesh (the New Moon), so a special Haftorah is said, beginning 'Jonathan said to David, tomorrow is Rosh...

The Divine and the World

This discourse was said in 1969 and it discusses an intriguing passage in a Kabbalistic work which presents and image of the immense spiritual 'distance' between the Divine and the physical world,...

Dimensions of Repentance

This discourse, said in 1969, explains several different aspects in the process of repentance, including the function of the verbal 'Confession of Sins' (Viduy).

Rosh Hashanah and the Patriarchs

This discourse was said on the second day of Rosh Hashana in 1969. It discusses the text of the Offerings in the Musaf Prayer, explaining how on Rosh Hashana there is a special relationship with our...

Being Empowered on the Eve of Rosh Hashanah

This discourse, taught in 1969, explains the 'you are standing together' theme of the sedra in terms of Rosh Hashana.

The Spiritual Dimension of Marriage

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Ki Tavo in 1982, and it links the month of Elul to the individual bonding with the Divine.

Restoring the Two Temples

This discourse was taught on Shabbat VaEthanan in 1969. The Rebbe discusses the spiritual way to restore both Temples, and the fact that in certain ways the Second Temple is more significant than the...

The Inner Workings of Exile and Redemption

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Parsha Devarim 1969, the Shabbat before the Ninth of Av.  The discourse explains Exile and Redemption in terms of the fragmentation or wholeness of the...

Seeking the Spiritual

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Mattot-Mas'ey in 1969.  The Sedra tells us that the sons of Gad and Reuben wanted to stay on the East bank of the Jordan.  They sought the spiritual, rather...

Two Aspects of Holiness

The Rebbe taught this discourse for Shabbat Parsha Pinchas in 1958. Each member of the Jewish people is holy - both because of the Divine Soul and also because of the Animal Soul, which will...

Every Law is a Statute

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Chukat-Balak in 1969. The opening words of the Sedra about the Statute of the Red Heifer using the phrase 'the Stautute of the Torah' are explained to mean...

Division to Unity

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe for Shabbat Sedra Korach in 1967.  Korach wanted to cause a division in the Jewish people. The discourse explores the she source of all such 'divisions' and...

Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Lag B'Omer 1969. The theme is a story in the Zohar that once, when there was a drought, Rabbi Shimon delivered a Torah teaching and the rain came. The discourse...

Dimensions of Holiness

This discourse was taught be the Rebbe in 1965 on Shabbat Parshat Emor. It was edited by the Rebbe and published in 1990 for the Yahrzeit of the Rebbe's brother R. Yisrael Aryeh Leib, a mathematician...

The Forbidden Years of the Fruit Tree

The Rebbe taught this discourse in 1968 for Sedra Kedoshim.  It gives a fascinating interpretation of the law of 'Orlah', in which the fruit of a tree is forbidden for the first three years, then in...

The Locked Garden

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Tazria in 1987.  The Jewish people are compared to 'a locked garden', symbolizing a bride who is 'locked' to all but her husband.  In the same way, says...

Receiving and Ascending

This discourse of Sedra Terumah 1965 speaks of two man aspects of Divine service: receiving the inspiration from above and then, in response, ascending towards the Divine. This can be understood in...

Reaching Above and Bringing Down Below

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Mishpatim, Parshat Shekalim, in 1969. The extra reading speaks of giving half a shekel, which paid for two separate items: the silver sockets of the...

Bati LeGani - The Sanctuary in the Heart

This discourse was said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on 10 Shevat, 1980. This date is the Yahrzeit of the Sixth Rebbe who passed away in 1950, and this marks the beginning of the leadership of the...

Wisdom and Action

This discourse was taught in 1968 on Shabbat Sedra Vayishlach. It explores the goal of Wisdom: Repentance and Good Deeds. Wisdom by itself cannot grasp the highest levels, for 'Thought cannot grasp...

'One' or 'Unique'

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1968 for Shabbat Vayetze, on 9 Kislev, the birthday and Yahrzeit of the second Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Dov Ber.  The discourse discusses a discourse of the...

Love and Awe

The Rebbe taught this discourse for Sedra Toledot in 1964. It uses the first verse of the Sedra to explain one's path in service of G-d and in Prayer

This World or the Next?

The Rebbe taught this discourse in 1968. The discourse discusses the question of the relative importance of a Mitzva in this world, or its effect for the soul in the Garden of Eden. This relates to...

The Cry to G-d

The Rebbe taught this on Sedra Vayera 1964. It explains the Haftora as it applies in our own lives. This begins (II Kings 4:1) with a widow crying to Elisha. The discourse explains, this is the soul...

Journey to Oneself

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Lech Lecha in 1964. G-d tells Abraham to 'go to yourself' - go to the root of your soul. The discourse explains that one way to do this is by entering a...

Overcoming the Flood Waters

This Discourse of 1964 speaks of the need to overcome the 'flood waters' of daily life - business worries, and everything similar - and to allow one's inner love of G-d to be expressed in deeply felt...

When You Come to the Land - in Spiritual Terms

The Rebbe said this discourse on Shabbat Ki Tavo in 1965. It discusses the relationship of the individual with G-d, linked also with the sacred quality of the Land of Israel and the ultimate purpose...

The Battle of Prayer

This discourse, said on Shabbat Ki Tezte in 1965, discusses the battle described at the beginning of the Sedra and explains it in terms of the inner struggle of prayer, seeking to transform the...

The Role of the Jew

This discourse, taught on Shabbat Sedra Balak in 1965, expresses the spiritual power of the Jew.

Connecting With the Essence

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Sedra Chukat, 1965. The discourse discusses transcending intellect and reaching the Essence of the Divine.

Why Were the Spies Afraid?

The Rebbe taught this discourse for Sedra Shelach (about sending the spies) in 1965. Two very spiritual reasons are given for their reluctance to enter the Holy Land. The discussion helps us...

Two Kinds of Light

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Beha'alotecha in 1964. The Sedra begins with the idea of kindling 'lights'. The discourse explains these are two kinds of Light: a Divine light which shines...

The Power of Self Control

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in the early hours of the first night of Shavuot in 1965. It speaks of the effect that each individual has on the universe through his or her self-control,...

Levels of Being

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Bechukotai 1965. It explores levels of the self and of the revelation of the Divine, employing the image of speech, which can be said aloud, or...

Dimensions of Shabbat

This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1965 on Shabbat Sedra Behar, presents a deep analysis of three different dimensions of Shabbat: Friday night, Shabbat day, and the time of the 'third meal' and...

The Nature of Holiness

This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1965 and edited in 1990, concerns the nature of Holiness.  One aspect is expressed by the individual reaching upwards to the Divine; but there are two ways in...

The Apotheosis of the Ordinary

This discourse was said on Shabbat Sedra Kedoshim, 1965. It concerns the Torah instruction about the fruit of a young tree. For the first three years the fruit is forbidden, and then it becomes holy,...

The Source of Repentance

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat of Acharei-Kedoshim in 1988. The Sedra describes the service on Yom Kippur, discussing the words 'before G-d you will be purified' (Lev. 16:30). The...

The Joy of Wine At the Seder

This discourse was taught be the Rebbe on Shabbat Metzora in 1965, the Shabbat before Pesach (Shabbat Hagadol). It begins with the opening words from the Song of Songs, which mention 'wine'. The...

Inspiration or Effort?

This discourse was taught on Shabbat of Sedra Tazria in 1965 and the Rebbe edited it in 1989 for publication on 2 Nisan, the Yarzeit of Rabbi Shalom Dober Schneerson, the fifth Rebbe. The discourse...

Parable and Reality

This discourse said on Shabbat Vayikra in 1965 - shortly before Purim explores the theme of parable (mashal) and reality, in Torah and in life.

Shabbat as 'Great Love'

The Rebbe taught this discourse in 1965 on Shabbat Pekudei. It describes the process of daily Prayer in which one evokes heartfelt love for the Divine. The discourse explains...

Two Aspects of Shabbat

In this discourse, taught for Sedra Vayakhel in 1965, the Rebbe explains two aspects of Shabbat: one as completion of our effort and the other as inspiration for the week ahead.

Divine 'Sleep'

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on the Shabbat after Purim in 1965. The Megilah states (ch.6) ‘On that night, the sleep of the King was disturbed’. The discourse understands the King as the...

Olives and Oil

This discourse, taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Tetzaveh in 1965, speaks of the olive oil being brought to Moses in order to be used for lighting the Menorah in the Sanctuary. But why should it be...

Being Receptive to the Divine

This discourse for Sedra Teruma taught by the Rebbe in 1965 explains that the words usually translated 'give an offering to Me' can be translates 'take Me'. G-d gives His inspiration to us, and we...

A Path Through the Smoke

This discourse for Sedra Mishpatim, taught by the Rebbe in 1965, discusses the cloud on the mountain which Moses enters as he ascends the mountain in order to be there for 40 days and nights. This...

Bati LeGani - the Goal of Creation Part 2

We continue the discourse of Bati LeGani from last week.

Bati LeGani - the Goal of Creation

On 10 Shevat (28 January) 1950 Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn, the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, passed away.  He left a discourse, Bati Legani, ‘I have come into My Garden’, to be studied on that...

The Effect on G-d 19 Kislev

The Rebbe taught this discourse on 19 Kislev in 1964. It begins "Pada beshalom" (Psalms, 55:19) meaning '[G-d] redeemed in peace' my soul. Rabbi Shneur Zalman was reading this verse when he was...

The Importance of "Mincha"

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Vayishlach, 1964. Jacob is sending a gift to Esau to appease him. The gift is called Mincha. This leads to discussion of the Mincha (Afternoon) prayer, and...

Jacob's Dream and Nebuchadnezar's Dream

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Vayetze in 1964. Jacob's dream of the ladder is compared by the Sages to Nebuchadnezar's dream of a statue, with a head of gold but feet of clay. This leads...

Abraham and Isaac: Stages of Love and Awe

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Toledot in 1964. It explains the opening verse as guidance in stages of love and awe of the Divine.

The Life of Sarah

The Rebbe taught this discourse in 1964 about the fact that the Torah tells us that Sarah lived a hundred and twenty seven years. The numbers a hundred, twenty and seven have a kabbalistic meaning...

The Soul Crying to G-d

The Rebbe taught this discourse in 1964 and it was published in Yiddish. The Haftora tells of a woman who cries to Elisha about her problems. The Prophet helps her with a miracle. The discourse...

The Personal Flood

This discourse 'Mayim Rabim', many waters, was taught by the Rebbe in 1964 on Shabbat Sedra Noah.  It explains that each person faces a personal flood of anxieties and problems. The response should...

Meanings of the Shofar

This discourse of 1958 explains the way the blowing of the Shofar helps each individual in their their efforts to come closer to G-d.

Redeeming the Divine Soul

In this discourse of 1958 said ont the Shabbat before the Fast of Av, the Rebbe explains how torah study redeems the Divine soul, which links with the rebuilding of the Temple.

Another Perspective on Destruction

This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1962 on Shabbat Matot-Masey shortly before the beginning of the month of Av, when both First and Second temples were destroyed, gives an unusual perspective on...

Going DOWN!

This discourse of 1958 focuses on a verse at the end of the Haftorah of Sedra Pinchas (from Jeremiah, when read in the three weeks). The Divine Soul gains most by going DOWN to refine and elevate the...

12-13 Tamuz, Sedra Balak

The Rebbe taught this discourse on 12 Tammuz 1958, celebrating the miraculous release of the Previous Rebbe in 1927. He had been imprisoned and condemned to death for his work in strengthening...

The Engraved Torah within Each Person

Taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Chukat in 1988, this discourse describes the inner engraved Torah which is the essence of each individual.

Questions about the Spies

The incident of the twelve Spies who brought a bad report about the Land of Israel is well known. This discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Sedra Shelach in 1988 discusses their spiritual...

Aaron Lighting the Menorah and the Shema

This discourse, taught for Shabbat Behalotecha in 1988, discusses Aaron’s boundless love for his fellow and also for the Divine. This is reflected in our daily recital of the Shema, which also...

Self Sacrifice

This discourse, taught for Parshat Emor 1988, speaks of drawing holiness from the exalted Essence of the Divine, through the aspects of 'Holy, Holy, Holy is the L-rd of Hosts' into the individual.

Going to the Root of the Soul

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1988 for Shabbat 'Acharei-Kedoshim'. The Sedra teaches about Yom Kippur when one comes 'before G-d'. The discourse explains that this means reaching the...

From Pesach, Looking towards the Future - Part 2

This is the second part of the discourse that the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 5718 on the Shabbat after Pesach. It discusses the transition from leaving Egypt to receiving the Torah and yet further,...

From Pesach, Looking towards the Future

The Lubavitcher Rebbe taught this discourse in 5718 on the Shabbat after Pesach. It discusses the transition from leaving Egypt to receiving the Torah and yet further, to the future Redemption.

Freedom from the Deeper Slavery

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1988 for Shabbat Haggadol, the Great Sabbath which precedes Pesach. It quotes the Haggadah 'We were slaves to Pharoah in the land of Egypt' and explains a...

Remembering Amalek

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1958 on the Shabbat before Purim (Sedra Tetzaveh). It explains the significance of ‘remembering Amalek’ in each individual person’s spiritual life.

Sedra Terumah

The opening verse, Song of Songs 8:1, ‘If only You were my brother’, is explained as expressing yearning for the revelation of the Divine. This is achieved through Torah study, or dedicated positive...

Jethro and the Giving of the Torah

The goal of existence is to reveal the Divine in the world (to make "a dwelling for the Divine"). This discourse in the week of Sedra Yitro 1978, the Rebbe explains how Non-Jewish Jethro's...

Bati LeGani Part 2

A continuation of last week's discussion of the 1958 discourse by the Rebbe, explaining chapter 8 of the Bati LeGani discourse.

Bati LeGani Part 1

Bati LeGani - "I have come into My garden" was the last discourse printed by Rabbi Joseph I Schneersohn, the sixth Lubacitcher Rebbe. He intended it to be studied on 10 Shevat (28 January) in 1950....

Scattering Charity

Continuation from last week: This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1957 on Shabbat Vayeshev, stresses the spiritual power of practical goodness, above other-worldly values of love and awe of the...

Jacob's Example

Jacob sends a message to Esau that he has been in Laban's home for 20 years and he has acquired oxen and donkeys, sheep and male and female servants". What was the real meaning of his statement? What...

The Kiss of Laban

This discourse was taught in 1987, and it reveals a kabbalistic interpretation of Laban, the scheming uncle of Jacob. Laban means ‘white’, and represents an exalted ‘brightness’ from the Essence of...

The Dynamic Princaple

This discourse taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Toledot in 1987, which was the eve of Rosh Chodesh, focuses on the special Haftorah (from I Sam.20:18 ff.) read on such a Sabbath. The discourse explores...

The Power of 'Marriage'

This discourse taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Chayei Sara in 1987, explains the importance of the 'shidduch' between Isaac and Rebecca in terms of the idea of the spiritual unity, or 'marriage',...

Going Beyond Abraham's Example

This discourse taught on Shabbat of Vayera in 1987 presents the idea of Abraham's Inn through which he communicated monotheism and a deeply spiritual view of existence and the Divine to his visitors....

A Two Way Relationship

This discourse was taught for Shabbat Lech Lecha in 1987. Extrapolating from what G-d tells Abraham, the Rebb defines a two-way relationship linking the individual with the Divine: from above to...

The Individual and the Universe

This discourse was said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Noah 1987. This was Rosh Chodesh hence the Haftorah was from Isaiah (66:1), beginning 'The Heavens are My Throne'. The discourse...

Seeking and Finding the Essence of the Divine

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1957, on Shabbat Nitzavim-Vayelech. In focuses on a verse from Psalm 27, which is recited from the beginning of the month of Elul till the afternoon of...

The Last Edited Discourse of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Exploring this fascinating discourse on the role of Jewish Leadership.

The Effect of Shabbat and of Leadership

This discourse taught in 1962 starts by discussing the spiritual effect of Shabbat or a Festival. This is similar to a passage from the Zohar said on Friday night, beginning "Kegavna" ('Just As')....

Can we reach the goal?

This discourse of 1966 explains that the spies claimed we can never achieve the ultimate goal, But Kalev claimed that we can, through our bond with Moses.

Aaron's Special Service

This discourse of Shabbat Behaalotecha 1966 explores the idea, cited by Rashi, that Aaron was upset when he saw each of the twelve leaders of the Tribes bring an offering to the Sanctuary, while he...

We will Do and We will Hear

A discourse taught on Shavuot in 1966 explaining a new, powerful interpretation of “we will do and we will hear” (Exodus 24:7)

Material or Spiritual Reward?

This discourse on Sedra Bechukotai in 1966 focuses on the nature of the rewards described in the Sedra. Why are they presented in physical terms, rather than spiritual?

The Power of Torah

This discourse was taught on Lag B'Omer 1962 - when there was a drought, Rebbi Shimon bar Yochai brought rain just by teaching a Torah idea on love of one's fellow. This discourse explores this in...

A Locked Garden

A fascinating discourse taught by the Rebbe in 1987 on Shabbos Sedra Tazria-Metzora. A person is like a 'locked garden'. Ideally only the Divine can enter the garden...

Going Out of Egypt: a Revelation of G-d's Name

This discourse of 1964 was said on Shabbat Vayikra. This was also the Shabbat when one read from an extra Torah Scroll the passage including ‘This month shall be for you the first of the months’...

"This Month is for You the Head of the Months"

The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Vayakhel-Pekudei in 1966. A fascinating presentation of the delight in Torah study and observing Mitzvos.

The Journey to Haran

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1975 in the week of Sedra Terumah. Terumah means 'offering' and the Sedra is describing the construction of the Sanctuary, the prototype of the Temple. At...

Meanings of "SPR"

This discourse of 1966 explains 4 meanings of the Hebrew root 'SPR'. Counting, book, telling and sapphire. These help us understand the nature of the Sefirot, and the process whereby G-d created the...

Second Part of Bati Legani 1957

This second session on the 1957 discourse explains the aspects of the meaning of the letter Yud. It expresses the humility of the student, of the teacher and it also represents the spiritual power...

The Giving of the Torah

This discourse of 1974 was later edited by the Rebbe in honour of his late wife. It concerns the eternally transformative effect of the Giving of the Torah at Sinai.

"I have come into My Garden."

Exploring the fist part of the Rebbe's discourse on this theme, said on 10 Shevat 1957. The letter Yud expresses humility and is the key to the difference between the unholy and the holy.

A Self Critical View

This discourse, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1966 on Shabbat Vaera, discusses a discourse for this Sedra by Rabbi Shneur Zalman called "the Pious Vaera." This teaching is sharply self-critical,...

Sacred Name

This discourse was said in January 1966 on Shabbat Shemot. It concerns the sacred dimensions of "Names" on exalted spiritual levels

The Power of Chanuka

This discourse "to understand the chanuka lights" taught in 1965 on Shabbat Vayeshev, the eve of Chanuka, speaks of the power of Chanuka to transform negative forces into positive, darkness into...

Dimensions of Kindness

Jacob faces a battle with Esau, and in his prayer to G-d he expresses his unworthiness to enjoy G-d's 'kindness'. The discourse explores Kabbalistic perceptions of Chesed, Divine Kindness.

The Journey to Haran

Jacob's journey from his parent's home in Beer Sheva to the difficulties of Haran where Laban lived represents the spiritual journey of each individual. The goal is to elevate the lowest level and...

Varieties of Love and Fear

In this discourse of Parshat Toledot in 1964 the Rebbe describes how Lower Fear, Lower Love, Great Love and Exalted Fear form the different stages in meaningful prayer.

From World To World

This discourse said on Shabbat Chayei Sarah 1965 gives a profound insight regarding the last verse of Psalm 106 and explains the idea of blessings "from world to world."

Vayera

This discourse of 1952 discusses Abraham standing over three angels while they eat. But did they really eat? In some sense, Abraham is empowering them to do the impossible, as do some Jewish leaders...

He Works Wonders

This discourse was taught in the week of Sedra Noach in 1961. It speaks of drawing the inspiration of Simchat Torah into the days and months of the coming year and includes beautiful advice about...

Bereishit

A discourse of 1965 explaining two aspects of spiritual life which are always relevant: the Upper Unity, in which the spiritual is paramount, and the Lower Unity, in which one sees the world with its...

Ki Tetzei

This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1965, explains the "battle" in the sedra as the battle of spiritual prayer. But there is also a "peaceful" option: Torah study.

Sedra Pinchas

Taught by the Rebbe in 1965, this discourse discusses positive and negative terms of self-sacrifice.

Sedra Balak

A beautiful discussion of the nature of Shabbat, taught by the Rebbe in 1965.

Sedra Chukat

This fascinating discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1965. Chukat relates to the word for 'engraving' and this leads to exploration of different levels of the Torah and of the individual's...

The Rebbe's last (edited) Discourse

In honour of the Yahrzeit of the Rebbe (3 Tammuz, 9 July 16) we explored his last edited Kabbalistic-Chassidic discourse, which is on the theme of the role of Jewish leadership: to connect every...

Sedra Naso

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1965 and considers the three groups of Levites in terms of one's relationship with the Divine.

Discourse on Shavuot

This discourse taught on Shavuot 1965 provides a fascinating explanation of the deep nature of existence.

Behar

A teaching in 1965 in which the Rebbe describes three different dimensions of Shabbat.

Holiness of G-d and of Man

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe for Sedra Emor in 1965, exploring the twin concepts of the holiness of G-d and of the individual.

Kedoshim

This discourse taught by the Rebbe in 1965 discusses the law about fruit trees in the sedra (Lev. 19:23-25) which leads to a fascinating discussion on the relative significance of the sacred and the...

Leviathan

A discourse of Shabbat Shemini 1965. This Sedra includes the laws of kashrut. The Midrash links this with a battle between the Leviathan and another mystical creature, the 'wild ox'. This becomes a...

The "Salt" of Torah

This discourse taught for Shabbat Vayikra in 1965 discusses the role of the Inner Dimension of Torah, which is like "salt" bringing out the taste of the 'food', the Revealed aspect of Torah.

Upper Unity and Lower Unity

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Pekudei in 1965. It discusses two dimensions of Divine Service, the Upper Unity and Lower Unity, which relate also to Shabbat and the days of the...

To Shabbat and from Shabbat

The days of the week are a spiritual "building of the Sanctuary", actualized on Shabbat. Further, Shabbat empowers us to advance into the week ahead.

The Oil and the Olive

This 'unedited' was taught by the Rebbe in 1965. Focusing on the 'olive oil' mentioned at the beginning of the Sedra, it becomes a discussion about the nature of good and evil, light and dark.

Receiving in Order to Give

We explored a discourse said in 1965. By receiving a Divine input the person can give himself or herself to G-d in Prayer and delight in Torah study.

The Smoking Mountain

This discourse, said by the Rebbe in 1965, discusses the way Mt. Sinai is described as smoking, which expresses the interface between the physical and the spiritual which is the goal of creation.

Counting or Transforming the Jewish People

In this discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1957, we learn that the half shekel given by the Jewish people in order to be counted is really a transformative step we can each try to accomplish every day.

Moses entering the Thickness of the Cloud

This profound discourse regarding Sedra Yitro was said by the Rebbe in 1965.

I have Come into My Garden Part 2

We continued studying the discourse of 1956 on the theme 'I have come into My Garden'.

"I have Come into My Garden"

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1956, on 10 Shevat, the day of the passing of the Previous Rebbe, studying the famous discourse 'I have Come into My Garden'.

Moses' Power to Bring Redemption

This discourse of 1965 explores the spiritual factors which empowered Moses to take the Jews out of Egypt and which also empowers us to find redemption from our own inner Exile.

Jacob's Words in Sedra Vayechi

This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in December 1964. It discusses Jacob's attempt to 'reveal the End'. His children had not yet reached the spiritual level at which that would be possible. But...

Jacob's gift to Esau

This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1964, was discussed in the Alef Kabbalah group 1 December 15. The discourse explores the spiritual meaning of Jacob's gift to Esau in the context of the...

Vayera

This discourse of 1952 discusses Abraham standing over the three Angels while they eat. But did they really eat? In some sense, Abraham is empowering them to do the impossible, as do some Jewish...

Vayechulu Bereishit (5728)

The Alef Kabbala Group (21 October 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on the Shabbat of Bereishit in 1967. This starts with the words "And the heavens and earth and all within...

Ha Oseh Sucato 5728

The Alef Kabbala Group (6 October 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on the second day of Succot in 1967. This opens with a passage from the Mishnah 'One who makes his Succah...

YitakaBeShofarGadol RH 5728

The Alef Kabbala Group (23 September 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on the second day of Rosh Hashanah in 1967. This opens with a passage from the Rosh Hashana prayers 'And...

Im Yiye Nidahcha Nitzavim (5727)

The Alef Kabbala Group (16 September 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat of Sedra Nitzavim-Vayelech in 1967. This opens with the verse "If your scattered one will be at...

Hashkifa Ki Tavo (5727)

The Alef Kabbala Group (9 September 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat of Sedra Ki Tavo in 1967. Focusing on a verse in the Sedra which speaks of 'Your people' and...

Se-u Yedechem Pinchas (5727)

The Alef Kabbala Group (8 July 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat of Sedra Pinchas in 1967. This emphasises the sense of spiritual interaction with the Divine in daily...

Ve Atah Tetzaveh 41 74

The Alef Kabbala Group (1 July 2014, 3 Tammuz) studied the last edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in honour of his 20th Yarzeit. This discourse was originally taught for Sedra Tetzaveh in...

Vehaya Miydey Chodesh Chukat (5727)

The Alef Kabbala Group (25 June 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shabbat of Sedra Chukat, 1967. This was Rosh Chodesh, and the discourse focus on the concluding verse of...

Vayikach Korach 5727

The Alef Kabbala Group (17 June 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shabbat of Sedra Korach, 1967. Ethics of the Fathers terms the conflict with Korach 'a conflict not for...

Le Havin Nesachim Shelach (5747)

The Alef Kabbala Group (10 June 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shabbat of Sedra Shelach, 1987. This explores the account of the Libations to be offered in the Temple,...

Vayered Hashem-Shavuot 5727

The Alef Kabbala Group (27 May 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shavuot, 1967. This explores the question why 'G-d descended onto Mount Sinai' to give the Torah rather...

Ita Ba Zohar Bemidbar (5727)

The Alef Kabbala Group (20 May 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on the Shabbat of Parshat Bemidbar , 1967. This quotes a story from the Zohar about a time when there was a...

Im Bechukotai 5744

The Alef Kabbala Group (13 May 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on the Shabbat of Parshat Bechukotai, 1984. This presents the role of the Jew, through thought, speech and...

Lehavin Sefirat Ha Omer 47

The Alef Kabbala Group (6 May 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on the Shabbat of Parshat Behar-Bechukotai, 1987. This discusses the spiritual and practical improvements that...

Rabi Omer Emor (5744)

The Alef Kabbala Group (30 April 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on the Shabbat of Parshat Emor, when the second chapter of Pirkei Avot is studied. The discourse focuses on...

Ha Chodesh Tazria (5727)

The Alef Kabbala Group (25 March 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on the Shabbat when the New Moon of Nissan is blessed, Parshat HaChodesh, in 1967. This explores the concept...

Zot Chukat Ha Para 5744

The Alef Kabbala Group (18 March 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Shabbat Parshat Parah in 1984. The purification procedure with the Red Cow is presented as a model for...

Vekibel Hayehudim 5727

The Alef Kabbala Group (11 March 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Purim in 1967. This has a a fascinating image of a spiral stairase indicating alternative illumination...

Hayav Inish Purim 5717

The Alef Kabbala Group (4 March 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught on Purim in 1957. This presents a very profound perspective on the Megila. To see the pointed Hebrew text of...

KITisa Pekudei (5727)

The Alef Kabbala Group (24 February 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1967 for Sedra Pekudei, when the Chapter on Shekalim was read from a second Torah Scroll. This chapter...

Vekibel Hayehudim Ki Tisa 5727

The Alef Kabbala Group (10 February 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1967 for Sedra Ki Tisa. Since this was round the time of Purim Katan (the minor Purim, in the first...

Ve Asita Mizbeah Miktar Tetzave 5727

The Alef Kabbala Group (3 February 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1967 for Sedra Tetzaveh. This concerns the Golden Altar used for incense, described at the end of the...

Ha Shamayim Kisi Teruma 5744

The Alef Kabbala Group (28 January 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1984 for Sedra Terumah. This was Shabbat Rosh Chodesh, and the discourse concerns verses in the special...

Im Kesef Mishpatim 5727

The Alef Kabbala Group (21 January 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1967 for Sedra Mishpatim. Expounding a verse concerning giving charity, this teaching discusses our...

Vekhol Ha Am Yitro 5744

The Alef Kabbala Group (14 January 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1984 for Sedra Yitro. Why were there such dramatic phenomena - thunder, lightning, the sound of the...

Mi Sam Peh La Adam (5729)

The Alef Kabbala Group (17 December 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1968 for Sedra Shemot. G-d says "Who gave a mouth to man?" What does this mean? To see the pointed...

Vayechi (5727)

The Alef Kabbala Group (10 December 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 for Sedra Vayechi. The theme is the journey of the Soul into This World in order to 'live'. To...

Pada Be Shalom 19 K (5727)

The Alef Kabbala Group (19 November 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 on 19 Kislev, the 'Rosh Hashana of Hasidism' on the theme of redeeming the soul from exile. To...

Vechol Banayich Vayishlach 5727

The Alef Kabbala Group (12 November 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 on the Shabbat of Vayishlach. This has the theme that Torah study helps maintain the world in...

VayizraYitzhak Toledot 5727

The Alef Kabbala Group (29 October 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1986 on the Shabbat of Toledot, which was later edited by the Rebbe. This explores the idea that...

Ve Avraham Zaken Part 2 (5744)

The Alef Kabbala Group (22 October 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1984 for Parshat Chayei Sarah. This discusses the idea that G-d blessed Abraham 'in everything'. What...

Ani Hineh Briti Lech (5774)

The Alef Kabbala Group (8 October 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1984 on Shabbat Parshat Lech Lecha. This discusses the circumcision of Abraham and its relation to his...

Ve Haya Miydei Hodeshbe Hodsho 5727

The Alef Kabbala Group (1 October 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 on Shabbat Parshat Noah, which was Rosh Chodesh, as it is this year. In the time of the Messiah,...

Ushavtem Mayim 5727

The Alef Kabbala Group (17 September 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 during the Festival of Succot, describing the intense joy of Succot in terms of the spiritual...

Shuva Yisrael 5727

The Alef Kabbala Group (10 September 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 on Shabbat Shuva. This discourse explores the theme of Teshuvah (Repentance) as the joining of...

Shir Hamalot Hazinu 5727

The Alef Kabbala Group (3 September 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966 on the Shabbat of Sedra Haazinu, which like this year, was the Shabbat after Rosh Hashana,...

Sos Asis Nitzavim 5743

The Alef Kabbala Group (27 August 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1983 on the Shabbat of Sedra Nitzavim-Vayelech. The discourse focuses on the Hatorah which speaks of...

ZechorHashem Eichah 5733

The Alef Kabbala Group (9 July 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1973 on the theme of Lamentations, which is recited on the Fast of the Ninth of Av. "Remember oh G-d what...

Vayedaber-Roshei Hamatot (5726)

The Alef Kabbala Group (2 July 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966. This discusses the beginning of Sedra Mattot in which Moses speaks to the heads of the Tribes and...

MiMina Balak 5726

The Alef Kabbala Group (18 June 2013) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1966. This starts with the verse in Sedra Balak 'who can count the dust of Jacob' (Num.23:10) and presents...

VeAtahTetzaveh3Tam 73

The Alef Kabbala Group (11 June 2013) studied the last discourse edited by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, in honour of his Yahrzeit (3 Tammuz). This focuses on the verse 'And you (Moses) should command the...

Lehavin Nesachim Shelach (5743)

The Alef Kabbala Group (28 May 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse taught on Shabbat Shelach, 1983. This discusses the passage in the Sedra concerning the Libations (ch.15), which...

Rani Ve Simchi Behalotecha (5727)

The Alef Kabbala Group (21 May 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse taught on Shabbat Behaalotecha , 1967. This discusses a verse from the Haftorah in Zaharia 2:14 which speaks of the...

Vehaya Mispar Bemidbar (5726)

The Alef Kabbala Group (7 May 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse taught on Shabbat Bemidbar, 1966. This discusses a verse from the Haftorah in Hosea (ch.2), which speaks of the 'number'...

Im Bechukotai 5726

The Alef Kabbala Group (30 April 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse taught on Shabbat Behar-Bechukotai, 1966. This explores the relationship between the physical sustenance provided by...

Shir Ha Maalot Lag B-Omer 5722

The Alef Kabbala Group (23 April 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse taught on Lag B'Omer, 1962. This begins with a verse from Psalms (133:1) about how good and pleasant it is when...

Venikdashti (Emor 5725)

The Alef Kabbala Group (16 April 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse published in Dvar Malchus. This was actually said on Shabbat Parshat Emor in 1965, beginning with the words 'I will be...

Tazria-Metzora of 1987

The Alef Kabbala Group (9 April 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse for Sedra Tazria-Metzora of 1987. This began with the words from Song of Songs: "A locked garden". The Jewish people...

Vayakhel-Pekudei of 1966

The Alef Kabbala Group (4 March 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse for Sedra Vayakhel-Pekudei of 1966. That Shabbat (as this year) an extra Torah Scroll was read, the passage beginning...

Ki Tisah of 1966

The Alef Kabbala Group (26 February 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse for Sedra Ki Tisah of 1966. This concerens the Red Heiffer and focuses on the power to change impure to pure,...

Tetzaveh of 1966

The Alef Kabbala Group (19 February 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse for Sedra Tetzaveh of 1966. This discusses two items of clothing worn by the High Priest: the Efod, and the...

Terumah of 1983

The Alef Kabbala Group (12 February 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse for Sedra Terumah of 1983. This focuses on the idea of the Sanctuary which, the Sages tell us, is eternal. In which...

Bati Le Gani Part 2 (5733)

The Alef Kabbala Group (21 January 2013) studied the Rebbe's Bati LeGani discourse of 1973 which focuses on the third chapter of the original Bati LeGani discourse of 1950. This chapter examines the...

Bati Le Gani 5710

The Alef Kabbala Group (14 January 2013) explored the famous discourse 'Bati LeGani', meaning 'I have come into My Garden'. This was published by the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak to be...

Vayigash (5736)

The Alef Kabbala Group (18 December 2012) explored an edited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in December 1975. The Sedra speaks of Judah coming near to Joseph, which the Zohar explains as a...

Pada Beshalom 5726

The Alef Kabbala Group (27 November 2012)explored an edited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1965, on 19 Kislev. This date is called the 'Rosh Hashana of Chassidism' and is seen as...

Vayetze (5726)

The Alef Kabbala Group (20 November 2012)explored a non-edited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1965, on Shabbat of Sedra Vayetze. Jacob going to Haran, a place of negativity, with the...

Veyiten Lecha 28

The Alef Kabbala Group (13 November 2012)explored an edited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1967, on Shabbat of Sedra Toledot. This discusses the blessing which Isaac gave his son Jacob...

Baruch Hashem Chayei Sara 5726

The Alef Kabbala Group (6 November 2012)explored an unedited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1965, on Shabbat of Sedra Chayei Sara. This discusses the end of Psalm 106, which speaks of...

Vehu Omed Aleihem Vayera 5713

The Alef Kabbala Group (30 October 2012)explored an unedited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1952, on Shabbat of Sedra Vayera. This concerns the way Abraham stood 'under the tree' with...

Lech Lecha DM 5746

The Alef Kabbala Group (23 October 2012)explored an unedited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1985, during the week of Sedra Lech Lecha. It discusses Abraham's journey from Haran to the...

Al Yipater Adam Lech 5721

The Alef Kabbala Group (16 October 2012)explored an unedited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1960, during the week of Sedra Lech Lecha, but it also relates to Sedra Noach. It starts with...

Tiku Bahodesh 5718

The Alef Kabbala Group (11 September 2012) discused a discourse said on Shabbat Parshat Nitzavim in 1959. The theme is Rosh Hashana. One aspect of the festival is repentance, another is becoming a...

Vehaya Ki Tavo 5745

The Alef Kabbala Group (4 September 2012) discused a discourse said on Shabbat Parshat Ki Tavo in 1985. The Sedra speaks of our entering the Land of Israel, which G-d gives us, as a gift, and which...

Eichah (5731)

The Alef Kabbala Group (24 July 2012) discused a discourse said on Shabbat Parshat Devarim in 1971, which, as this year, was 9th of Av (and the Fast was deferred to Sunday). The discourse takes the...

Gadol Yihye Kevod Habayit MMasey 5722

The Alef Kabbala Group (17 July 2012) studied a discourse said on Shabbat Parshat Mattot-Mas'ey 1962, focusing on a verse from Hagai concerning the greatness of the 'latter Temple'. This is explored...

Mi Mana Afar Yakov 5718

The Alef Kabbala Group (3 July 2012, 13 Tammuz) studied a discourse said on 12 Tammuz 1958, focusing on the verse 'Who can count the dust of Jacob' from Sedra Balak. The discourse explores the nature...

Zot Chukat 5745

The Alef Kabbala Group (19 June 2012) studied a discourse said on Shabbat Chukat in 1985. This explains that there are different levels of Torah - the Tablets from Sinai, the Written Torah, Oral...

Shelah (5718)

The Alef Kabbala Group (12 June 2012) studied a discourse said on Shabbat Shelah in 1958. This gives a very unusual twist to the story of the Spies. Moses sent them into the Land of Israel in order...

Be Haalotecha (5729)

The Alef Kabbala Group (5 June 2012) studied a discourse said on Shabbat Behaalotecha in 1969. This describes the way that, through Torah and Mitzvot, the soul is connected with G-d.

Karov Hashem Shavuot 5718

The Alef Kabbala Group (22 May 2012) studied a discourse said on Shavuot in 1958. It discusses the concept of drawing close to G-d by studying Torah, which connects the Essence of the individual with...

Lehavin Inyan Sefirat Ha Omer 5718

The Alef Kabbala Group (15 May 2012) studied a discourse said on Shabbat Behar-Bechukotai in 1958. It discusses the concept of Counting the Omer as the step between leaving Egypt and reveiving the...

Lehavin Inyan Rashbi 45

The Alef Kabbala Group (8 May 2012) studied a discourse which was said on Lag B'Omer in 1985, and was later edited and published for Lag B'Omer 1988. It focuses on the spiritual significance of Rabbi...

Vehitkadishtem (5745)

The Alef Kabbala Group (1 May 2012) studied a discourse which was said on Shabbat Acharei-Kedoshim in 1985. The discourse explores the idea of the 'table' of a person, where one eats, makes...

Isha Ki Tazria 5748

The Alef Kabbala Group (25 April 2012) studied a discourse which was said on Shabbat Tazria-Metzora in 1988. The discourse explores the idea of opposites, and the way in everything negative there is...

Ve Heherim 5718

The Alef Kabbala Group (17 April 2012) studied a discourse which was said on the final day of Pesach in 1958. The Haftorah on this day (outside Israel)concerns the coming of the Messiah and states...

Kiyemei Tzetcha 5745

The Alef Kabbala Group (20 March 2012) studied a discourse which was said on 11 Nisan, shortly before Pesach, in 1985. This focuses on the verse from Micah (7:15) 'Like the days of your going out of...

Parshat Parah (and Vyakhel-Pekudei)

The Alef Kabbala Group (13 March 2012) studied a discourse for Parshat Parah (and Vyakhel-Pekudei), the passage about the Red Heifer, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1958. This explains the...

Parshat Zachor

The Alef Kabbala Group (28 February 2012) studied a discourse for Parshat Zachor, Remembering Amalek, said on Shabbat Parshat Tetzaveh 1985. This explores the present-day spiritual significance of...

Parshat Terumah

The Alef Kabbala Group (21 February 2012) studied a discourse for Parshat Terumah said in 1986. This opens with a verse from the Song of Songs (8:1) 'If only you were my brother.. I would meet you...

Parshat Shekalim (Sedra Mishpatim)

The Alef Kabbala Group (14 February 2012 studied a discourse for Parshat Shekalim (Sedra Mishpatim), said in 1958. The half Shekel donated every year to the Temple went to fund the communal...

Yitro

The Alef Kabbala Group (7 February 2012, eve of 15 Shevat) studied a discourse for Sedra Yitro, said in 1985. The Zohar says that Yitro's acknowledgement of G-d was an important step before the...

10th Shevat

The Alef Kabbala Group (31 January 2012, 7 Shevat) studied a discourse for 10th Shevat, the Yahrzeit of Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak and the beginning of the leadership of his son-in-law and successor, the...

And it was on the essence of that day..

The Alef Kabbala Group (24 January 2012) studied a discourse for Sedra Bo said in 1984, starting with the verse describing the Exodus: "And it was on the essence of that day.." (Ex.12:41). The...

Therefore tell the Children of Israel...

The Alef Kabbala Group (17 January 2012) studied a discourse for Sedra Va'era said in 1958, starting with a verse from the near the beginning of the Sedra, "Therefore tell the Children of Israel..."...

Shemot

The Alef Kabbala Group (10 January 2012) studied a discourse for Sedra Shemot said in 1953, starting with a verse from the end of Song of Songs: 'You who dwell in the Gardens.. flee, my Beloved, to...

Vayeshev

The Alef Kabbala Group (13 December 2011) studied a discourse for Sedra Vayeshev said in 1957, starting with a verse emphasising the power of generously giving Tzedaka (Ps.112:9). Tzedaka draws a...

Vayetzei of 1987 which was studied last week

The Alef Kabbala Group (6 December 2011) studied the second half of the discourse for Sedra Vayetzei of 1987 which was studied last week. This focuses on three 'graded' dimensions of existence...

Vayetzei

The Alef Kabbala Group (29 November 2011) studied the first half of an 'unedited' discourse for Sedra Vayetzei said in 1987. This interprets the verse near the end of the Parsha, 'And Laban got up...

Toledot

The Alef Kabbala Group (22 November 2011) studied a discourse for Sedra Toledot said in 1967 and published in edited form in 1989. This discusses Isaac's blessing to Jacob: 'May G-d (Elokim) grant...

Chayei Sara

The Alef Kabbala Group (15 November 2011) explored a discourse for Sedra Chayei Sara said in 1976 and published in edited form in 1989. This discusses the Divine blessing to Abraham 'in everything'....

Vayera

The Alef Kabbala Group (8 November 2011) explored a discourse for Sedra Vayera said in 1987. This discusses the hospitality of Abraham as described in the Torah and Midrash, leading to a profound...

Lech Lecha

The Alef Kabbala Group (1 November 2011) explored a discourse for Sedra Lech Lecha in 1983. This concerns the circumcision of Abraham which begins the distinction between Jew and non-Jew. At the same...

Ve Chag Ha-Asif 5743

The Alef Kabbala Group (11 October 2011) explored a discourse said shortly before Succot in 1982, and edited for publication in 1986. This explains the focus of the Succah and the Four Species of...

6 Tishrei

The Alef Kabbala Group (4 October 2011) explored a 'non-edited' discourse for 6 Tishrei, between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, said in 1970. This discusses the close relationship of the individual...

Rosh Hashana

The Alef Kabbala Group (27 Sept 2011) explored a discourse for Rosh Hashana said in 1981. This discusses the meaning of the Shofar we blow today, and the 'Great Shofar' which will be blown on Rosh...

Shabbat Nitzavim

The Alef Kabbala Group (20 Sept 2011) explored a discourse for Shabbat Nitzavim said in 1979. This emphasises the bond between each individual and the Essence of the Divine, linking with the theme of...

Shabbat Ki Tavo

The Alef Kabbala Group (13 Sept 2011) explored a discourse for Shabbat Ki Tavo, 18 Elul, said in 1957. 18 Elul is the birthday of both the Baal Shem Tov (in 1698) and Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (in...

Shabbat Vayetze

The Alef Kabbala Group (6 Sept 2011) explored a discourse for Shabbat Vayetze said in 1967, interpreting the verse 'do not plough with an ox and a donkey together'. The Hebrew word for 'donkey',...

Vayancha Ekev 5717

On 15 August 2011 a little study group took place on vacation in North Wales, studying part of a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Sedra Ekev in 1957. The discourse quotes a Midrash which...

Nachamu 5745

There were no meetings of the Alef Kabbala group in August 2011 but here is a 'studio' presentation of a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbat Nachamu (Shabbat of Comfort) in 1985, on...

Eleh Masey 5744

The Alef Kabbala group (26 July 2011) studied a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Sedra Mas'ei in 1984. This Sedra records the 42 'journeys' of the Jewish people from Egypt to the...

Ze Hayom 12 Tammuz (5738)

The Alef Kabbala group (12 July 2011) studied a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on 12 Tammuz, 1978. This date commemorates the liberation in 1927 of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef...

Ve Ata Tetzave 41 771

The Alef Kabbala group (5 July 2011) studied the last discourse which the late Lubavitcher Rebbe edited before his stroke in 1992 and subsequent passing away on 3 Tammuz 5754 (1994). This presents...

Chukat

The Alef Kabbala group (28 June 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Sedra Chukat, taught in 1984. That Shabbat was Rosh Chodesh Tammuz. The discourse speaks of the nature of Shabbat, in which...

Korach

The Alef Kabbala group (21 June 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Sedra Korach, taught in 1957, which teaches about the different spiritual levels in existence, and the task to reveal G-dliness...

Shelach

The Alef Kabbala group (14 June 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Sedra Shelach, taught in 1985, telling us about the Twelve Spies who gave a bad report about the Land of Israel. Surely the...

Shavuot

The Alef Kabbala group (31 May 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Shavuot, when the Torah was given, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984. This explores the nature of Torah, which descends...

Shabbat Bemidbar

The Alef Kabbala group (24 May 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Shabbat Bemidbar, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1957. This explores the Camp of the Jewish people in the Wilderness,...

Shabbat Bechukotai

The Alef Kabbala group (17 May 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Shabbat Bechukotai, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984, just before Lag B'Omer. The opening verses express the way the...

Shabbat Behar

The Alef Kabbala group (10 May 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Shabbat Behar, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1980. The Sedra speaks of the Shabbat of the Land, and the discourse describes...

Shabbat Emor

The Alef Kabbala group (3 May 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Shabbat Emor, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984. This focuses on the beginning of Chapter Two of Pirkei Avot, which is...

Shabbat Tazria

The Alef Kabbala group (29 March 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Shabbat Tazria, Parshat HaChodesh taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1957. This explores, among other topics, the role of Joy...

Purim taught

The Alef Group (15 March 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Purim taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1957. This discusses the idea from the Talmud that on Purim one should become so drunk that...

Vayikra taught

The Alef Group (8 March 2011) studied an unedited discourse for Sedra Vayikra taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1976. This discusses the meaning of the small Alef in the opening word of the Sedra,...

Vayakhel taught

The Alef Kabbala Group (22 February 2011)explored an unedited discourse for Sedra Vayakhel taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1954. Moses tells the people about Shabbat. Then follow the instructions...

Ki Tisa taught

The Alef Kabbala Group (15 February 2011)explored an unedited discourse for Sedra Ki Tisa taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1957. The Jewish people donate half a Shekel, through dedicating...

You shall make an altar for incense

The Alef Kabbala Group (8 February 2011)explored an unedited discourse for Sedra Tetzaveh taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1967, on the verse "You shall make an altar for incense" (Ex.30:1)...

Terumah taught

The Alef Kabbala Group (1 February 2011)explored an unedited discourse for Sedra Terumah taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984, on verses from the Haftorah when Shabbat is Rosh Chodesh. These speak...

Mishpatim taught

The Alef Kabbala Group (25 January 2011)explored an unedited discourse for Sedra Mishpatim taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1957. After the Giving of the Torah, Moses ascended the mountain, coming...

Yitro taught

The Alef Kabbala Group (18 January 2011)explored an unedited discourse for Sedra Yitro taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984. At the Giving of the Torah the Essence of the Divine was revealed, in...

I have come into My Garden

The Alef Kabbala Group (11 January 2011)explored an unedited discourse "I have come into My Garden", taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1971 commemorating the 10th Shevat, the Yahrzeit of the...

Hahodesh Hazeh 5740

The Alef Kabbala Group (4 January 2011)explored an unedited discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1980 concerning Sedra Bo, presenting a fascinating perspective on Jewish life and...

Vayechi (5727)

The Alef Kabbala Group (14 December 2010)explored a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in December 1966, concerning Jacob living his 17 best years in Egypt. This becomes a teaching on the...

Alef Chanuka 71

The Alef Kabbala Group (7 December 2010)had a Chanuka Party and this talk presented ideas from the Zohar (in Tanya ch35) and Rabbi Dov Ber Shneuri about the significance of the Chanuka lamp.

Mitzvata Mishetishka 5738

The Alef Kabbala Group (30 November 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Chanuka in 1977. Opening with the words (Shabbat 21b) that the Mitzva of the Chanuka lamp is...

Kotonti (5717)

The Alef Kabbala Group (23 November 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1956,on Shabbat Vayeshev, just after the Chassidic festival 19 Kislev, focusing on the theme...

Pada Beshalom 5744

The Alef Kabbala Group (16 November 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1983,on 10 Kislev, a day which celebrates the 2nd Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Dov Ber, the...

Veshavti Vayetze 5738

The Alef Kabbala Group (9 November 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1977,after Shabbat of Vayetze, on Jacob's words to G-d after his dream of the ladder, during his...

Ve Eleh Toledot 5718

The Alef Kabbala Group (2 November 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1957,on Shabbat of Toledot, on the opening verse which says "And these are the generations of...

Ve Avraham Zaken 5744

The Alef Kabbala Group (26 October 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1983,in the week of Sedra Chayei Sarah, on the verse "And Abraham was old, getting on in days,...

Ki Yedativ Vayera (5736)

The Alef Kabbala Group (19 October 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1975,on Shabbat of Sedra Vayera, on the verse in which G-d says that Abraham will teach his...

Go for yourself

The Alef Kabbala Group (12 October 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1981,on Shabbat of Sedra Lech Lecha - "Go for yourself". The discourse describes two kinds of...

Zot Otha Brit 5743

The Alef Kabbala Group (5 October 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1982,on Shabbat of Sedra Noah. This focuses on the idea of the Rainbow being a sign of the...

Simchat Torah 5738

The Alef Kabbala Group (28 September 2010) had a Succot party and briefly explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1977,after Simchat Torah, following a heart attack on Shmini...

Ulekachtem Lachem 5739

The Alef Kabbala Group (21 September 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1978,shortly before Succot. An important theme of Succot is the unity of the Jewish people....

Shir Hamalot 5739

The Alef Kabbala Group (14 September 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1978 a few days before Yom Kippur. It presents the idea that we seek the 'depths' of the...

Uvayom Simhatchem 5740

The Alef Kabbala Group (7 September 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1979 on Rosh Hashana. The discourse examines the concept of the blowing of the Shofar as a...

Atem Nitzavim 5716

The Alef Kabbala Group (31 August 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1956 on Shabbat of Nitzavim Vayelech, shortly before Rosh Hashana, when the world will be...

TzionBamishpat a 5735

The Alef Kabbala Group (13 July 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1975 in the week of Sedra Devarim. This is the Shabbat before the Fast of Ninth of Ab, and the...

Eleh Masey 5739

The Alef Kabbala Group (6 July 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1979 after Shabbat of Sedra Matot-Mas'ey. The discourse focuses on the second Sedra, which opens...

Ach Ba Goral 5735

The Alef Kabbala Group (30 June 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1975 in the week of Sedra Pinchas. The focus is on the Division of the Holy Land among the 12...

Kara Shachav 12 Tammuz (5716)

The Alef Kabbala Group (22 June 2010) explored a non-edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1956 on the 12 Tammuz, the day the Previous Rebbe, Yosef Yitzhak, was miraculously released from...

Hasam Nafshenu3Tammuz 5718

The Alef Kabbala Group (8 June 2010) explored an edited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1958 on the Shabbat of Sedra Korach, which was on 3 Tammuz. What was the meaning in Korach's...

Shelach Nesachim 5739

The Alef Kabbala Group (1 June 2010) explored an unedited discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1979 for Sedra Shelach. The Sedra describes the debacle with the Spies, and then speaks of the...

Behaalotecha (5734)

The Alef Kabbala Group (25 May 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1974 for Sedra Behaalotecha on 15 Sivan, the day Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn, the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe,...

Vayedaber Elokim 5728

The Alef Kabbala Group (11 May 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1968 on Shavuot. The discourse focuses on the words at the beginning of the Ten Commandments "And G-d spoke...

Im Bechukotai 5743

The Alef Kabbala Group (4 May 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1983 on Shabbat Sedra Behar-Bechukotai. The discourse focuses on the words "If you walk in my statutes.." and...

Usefartem (5711)

The Alef Kabbala Group (27 April 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1951 on Lag B'Omer, relating also to Sedra Emor. Beginning with the words 'And you should count for...

Kedoshim Vehitkadishtem 5745

The Alef Kabbala Group (20 April 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1985 on Shabbat of Sedra Acharei-Kedoshim. This begins 'And you should make yourselves holy" (Lev.20:7)....

Vayikra (5740)

The Alef Kabbala Group (16 March 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said for Shabbat Parshat Vayikra in 1980. G-d calls to Moses, and in a sense also calls each individual. The...

Ha Chodesh 5739

The Alef Kabbala Group (9 March 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said after the conclusion of Shabbat Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei, Parshat HaChodesh, 1979. Rosh HaShanah is in...

Parah Ki Tisa 5739

The Alef Kabbala Group (2 March 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Parshat Parah, Ki Tisa, 1979. The Red Heifer is famously described as a statute, beyond...

Ve Asu Li Mikdahs 5747

The Alef Kabbala Group (16 February 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Parshat Terumah 1987. This focuses on the theme of the Sanctuary which each person should...

Zeh Yitnu 5737

The Alef Kabbala Group (9 February 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Parshat Mishpatim, which was Parshat Shekalim, 1977. This focuses on the theme of giving half a...

Vayishma Yitro 5737

The Alef Kabbala Group (2 February 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Parshat Yitro in 1977, beginning with the first verse of the Parsha concerning Yitro. Why is the...

Hayoshevet 13 Shevat (5711)

The Alef Kabbala Group (26 January 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on 13 Shevat 5711 (1951), continuing his Bati LeGani discourse said a few days earlier on 10 Shevat. This...

Bati Le Gani 5730

The Alef Kabbala Group (19 January 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Bo 1970 (5730), which was also Yud Shevat, the Tenth of Shevat, the Yahrzeit of his...

Vehayamide Hodesh Vaera 5743

The Alef Kabbala Group (12 January 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Vaera 1983 (5743), which was also Rosh Chodesh, the New Moon of the month of Shevat, as Shabbat...

Ve Eleh Shemot 5740

The Alef Kabbala Group (5 January 2010, 20 Tevet) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Shemot 1980 (5740). Sedra Shemot begins "And these are the names of the Children of...

Vayashkem Lavan 5748

The Alef Kabbala Group (24 November 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Vayetzei 1987 (5748)on the verse 'And Laban got up in the morning and kissed his sons and...

Lehavin Rosh Hodesh Toldot 5714

The Alef Kabbala Group (17 November 09), New Moon of Kislev, explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Toledot 1953 (5714)on the theme of the cycle of the moon. After being...

And Abraham was old, getting on in days

The Alef Kabbala Group (10 November 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Chayei Sara 1985 (5746)on the verse "And Abraham was old, getting on in days" (Gen.24:1). The...

VaHashemPakad Vayera 5743

The Alef Kabbala Group (3 November 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Vayera 1982 (5744)on the verse "And G-d remembered Sarah.. and she conceived" (Gen.21:1-2). The...

Lech (5745)

The Alef Kabbala Group (27 October 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Lech Lecha in 1984 (5745). This explores the journey of Abraham as a paradigm for the journey of...

Ele Toldot Noah 5742

The Alef Kabbala Group (20 October 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Noach in 1981 (5742). This takes kabbalistic explanations about Noach and the Ark and applies them...

Bereishit (5745)

The Alef Kabbala Group (13 October 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Bereishit in 1984 (5745). This explains the first verse in the Torah 'In the beginning' as guiding...

Ba Succot Teshvu 5736

The Alef Kabbala Group (29 September 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said shortly before the Succot festival in 1975 (5736). This explores the idea that on the one hand the Succah...

Shuva (5737)

The Alef Kabbala Group (22 September 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on 6 Tishrei in 1976 (5737) discussing the verse 'Return Israel, to Hashem your G-d' from the Haftorah on...

Tiku (5747)

The Alef Kabbala Group (15 September 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Rosh Hashana in 1986 (5747) discussing the verse 'Blow the Shofar at the beginning of the Month' (Psalms...

Ani Ledodi 5732

The Alef Kabbala Group (8 September 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said in 1972 at the beginning of the month of Elul (preceding Rosh Hashana), discussing the relation between the...

Ninth of Av which was

The Alef Kabbala Group (28 July 09) explored a discourse for the Ninth of Av which was said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe when that sad Fast fell on Shabbat in 1971. (The Fast was pushed off till Sunday)....

Shabbat Chazon

The Alef Kabbala Group (21 July 09) explored a discourse for Shabbat Chazon, the Shabbat before the Fast of the Ninth of Av, taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1955. This starts with the verse from...

Matot-Mas'ei taught

The Alef Kabbala Group (14 July 09) explored a discourse on Sedra Matot-Mas'ei taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1983. This focuses on the theme of Vows, which is the opening topic in the Sedra. A...

Pinhas taught

The Alef Kabbala Group (7 July 09) explored a discourse on Sedra Pinhas taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984. This focuses on the theme of the Korbanot, the daily offerings in the Temple.

Ve Ata Yigdal Shelach (5735)

The Alef Kabbala Group (16 June 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught on Shabbat Shelach 1975. It focuses on the verse 'And now may Your Name be great' (Num.14:17) which Moses...

Besha She Ala Moshe 5725

The Alef Kabbala Group (19 May 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught on Shavuot 1965. The discourse discusses a passage in the Talmud (Shabbat 88b) describing the ascent of Moses...

Shir Ha Malot Lag BOmer 5722

The Alef Kabbala Group (12 May 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught on Lag B'Omer 1962. The discourse begins with the words Shir Hama'alot, 'A Song of Ascents' and discusses a...

Lehavin Pesach Sheni 5738

The Alef Kabbala Group (5 May 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught after Shabbat Parshat Emor in 1978, on the them of Pesach Sheni, the 'second Pesach' on 14 Iyar (Friday 8 May...

Moshe Kibel Torah 5744

The Alef Kabbala Group (28 April 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught on Shabbat Parshat Kedoshim in 1984, begining 'Mosheh Kibel Torah MiSinai', ie: Moses Received the Torah...

Vayehi Bahatzi Halayla 5717

The Alef Kabbala Group (31 March 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught on Pesach in 1957, begining 'Vayehi bahatzi halayla' meaning 'And it was at midnight', the time of the...

Adam Ki Yakriv 5742

The Alef Kabbala Group (24 March 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught in 1982, for Shabbat Parshat Vayikra, begining 'Adam ki Yakriv', usually translated as 'A person who brings...

Eleh Pekudei 5720

The Alef Kabbala Group (17 March 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught in 1960, for Shabbat Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei. The discourse begins with the words 'Eleh Pekudei', 'These...

Megila Nikret 5737

The Alef Kabbala Group (3 March 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, taught in 1977, discussing a passage from the Mishnah which presents the different days the Purim Megila might be...

And these are the laws you should set before them

The Alef Kabbala Group (17 February 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the words "And these are the laws you should set before them" at the beginning of Sedra Mishpatim, delivered...

I am the L-rd your G-d who took you out of the Land of Egypt

The Alef Kabbala Group (10 February 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the words "I am the L-rd your G-d who took you out of the Land of Egypt", the first of the Ten Commandments,...

Yud Shevat 5729

The Alef Kabbala Group (3 February 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for Yud Shevat (10 Shevat, the Yahrzeit of his predecessor and father-in-law Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak) taught in 1969....

Betzem Hayom Hazeh 5744

The Alef Kabbala Group (27 January 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Bo, taught in 1984. This concerns the daily Exodus which is the spiritual service of the individual,...

Vaera YW 5735

The Alef Kabbala Group (20 January 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Vaera, taught in 1975. The session was led by Rabbi Yisrael Weisz.

Ve Eleh Shemot 5736

The Alef Kabbala Group (13 January 09) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Shemot, taught in 1976. The extended darkness of Exile leads to the boundless radiance of Redemption.