Divine Essence
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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.
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,...
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...
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'...
A Key Moment
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Yitro, 5744 (1984). The Giving of the Torah at Sinai was marked by dramatic signs: thunder, lightning and an intermingling of the senses....
Aspects Of Anochi
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Re'eh, 5732 (1972). The verse 'See that I (Anochi) am giving you today a blessing and a curse' is analysed through the Chassidic...
Hamahid Mireishit Aharit
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Bereishit, 5718 (1957). The prophet Isaiah states 'G-d tells the end from the beginning', which Rabbi Shneur Zalman links to the first word of the...
Letters Written And Engraved
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Behar-Bechukotai, 5725 (1965). Rabbi Shneur Zalman's Likkutei Torah explains that the word 'chok' relates to engraving: Torah can be written...
The Essence And The World
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Kedoshim, 5727 (1967). The command 'Be holy because I G-d am holy' introduces the concept of sanctifying oneself even in permitted...