Shavuot
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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...
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'....
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,...
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)
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.
Discourse on Shavuot
This discourse taught on Shavuot 1965 provides a fascinating explanation of the deep nature of existence.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Ata Hareta 5746
The Alef Kabbalah group (3 June 2008) explored the edited Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shavuot 1986. This concerns the intensity of the Divine revelation...
Vayedaber leemor Shavuot 1969
The Alef Kabbala Group (15 May 07) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shavuot in 1969. It was edited and published in 1990. This discourse discusses the verse which introduces...
In the Third Month..
The Alef Kabbala Group (8 May 07) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe entitled "In the Third Month.." 5729, said in 1969. This discourse discusses the importance of Rosh Chodesh Sivan, the...
Sotahand Shavuot
Alef Discussion (May 2006) about the theme of the 'SOTAH'(Numbers 5:12) and the connection with SHAVUOT.
I am Hashem your G-d
Alef Discussion (May 2006): "I am Hashem your G-d" - a discourse of the eve of SHAVUOT 1989. This discusses the fact that the opening words of the Ten Commandments speak of G-d as having taken the...
A Locked Garden
The Alef Kabbala Group (17 Apr 07) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe entitled "A Locked Garden" 1987, said on 3 Iyyar 5747. This discourse presents the relationship between G-d and the...
Vayedaber Anochi - Second day of Shavuot 1968
A class by Rabbi Nachman Sudak on a Chassidic discourse by the Rebbe, taught on the second day of Shavuot, 1968. Opening with the word "Anochi" (I am), the first word of the Ten Commandments given at...
Besha'a she'oloh Moshe - First night of Shavuot 1968
A class by Rabbi Nachman Sudak on a Chassidic discourse by the Rebbe, taught on the first night of Shavuot, 1968. Opening with the celebrated maamar "BeSha'ah SheAlah Moshe" (At the hour when Moses...
Unity In Diversity
The diversity of opinions among the Sages as an expression of the infinite depth of the Torah, using the Shammai-Hillel debates as the opening theme. The 600,000 Jews at Sinai each represented a...
A Sense Of Uplift
The theme of uplift through the word Naso meaning to lift up, connecting the counting of the Levites to the spiritual elevation that Torah study provides. The insight is that Torah study lifts a...
Love Your Fellow
Love of one's fellow as the great principle of Judaism, citing Rabbi Akiva and Hillel, and connects it to Shavuot and the Giving of the Torah. The Lubavitcher Rebbe's insight that counting each...
The Secret Of Shavuot
The secret of Shavuot through the mass census of the Jewish people in the desert and the unique historical nature of the Revelation at Sinai, witnessed by 600,000 men. Rabbi Judah Halevi's Kuzari is...
Bemidbar Shavuot 64
How the diverse Jewish people achieved unity just before the Giving of the Torah, explaining that true unity is not simple oneness but the combination of opposites. The Chassidic teaching on the...
Confidence And Humility
The theme of combining opposite qualities such as confidence and humility, body and soul, drawing on the Sedra and the approaching Shavuot festival. The insight is that the Torah given at Shavuot...
Breaking Through Barriers
On how the giving of Torah in the open desert signifies its universal accessibility to every Jew. The insight is that the Torah broke through barriers between the spiritual and physical, making the...
We Will Do And We Will Hear
The significance of the Torah being given in a desert, reflecting on the declaration 'we will do and we will hear.' The insight is that just as the desert belongs to no one, Torah was given freely...
Vayedaber Elokim Shavuot
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shavuot, 5729 (1969). The Ten Commandments are introduced with 'And G-d said all these words, saying', and Rabbi Shneur Zalman asks what 'saying' means...
The Power Of Self Restraint
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shavuot, 5725 (1965). The Talmud tells us that when Moses ascended Mount Sinai, the angels objected that the Torah should remain in heaven. Moses answered...
Lehavin Sefirat HaOmer
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Behar (Diaspora), 5747 (1987). There are three approaches to the service of counting the Omer between Pesach and Shavuot, corresponding to...