Heaven and Earth

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...

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...

Yitro

The Alef Kabbala Group (6 Feb 07) discussed a discourse on Sedra Yitro, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1974 (5734). This 'edited' discourse presents the idea that the Giving of the Torah, the...

Beha'alotecha - Real People

Drawing on the Lubavitcher Rebbe's teaching (Likkutei Sichot vol. 4), this piece reflects on the Manna described in Sedra Beha'alotecha: a food "from Heaven" that nourished the Jewish people in the...

Joining Heaven And Earth

On the special quality of the Shabbat before Yom Kippur as a time of preparation for the great day of spiritual purification, using the Torah's verse that heaven and earth are called as witnesses to...

Joining Worlds

Jacob's ladder dream as expressing the fundamental Jewish perspective that earth and heaven are meant to be joined. The stages of the morning prayer service are compared to climbing the rungs of the...

The Sleep Of Jacob

The mystery of Jacob's deep sleep and dream of the ladder at Beth El, using the idea that for the first time in years Jacob was able to rest properly after years of only dozing. The ladder with...