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The Lamps of the Soul and of the Torah

14 June 2022

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...

Entering the Thickness of the Cloud

18 January 2022

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...

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2 February 2021

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...

Dimensions of Holiness

5 May 2020

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...

Receiving and Ascending

25 February 2020

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...

The Battle of Prayer

10 September 2019

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...

Levels of Being

28 May 2019

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...

The Effect on G-d 19 Kislev

27 November 2018

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 Engraved Torah within Each Person

19 June 2018

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

We will Do and We will Hear

23 May 2017

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

The Journey to Haran

28 February 2017

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...

Receiving in Order to Give

9 February 2016

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.

Wave of interest in Kabbalah

Inspire 2006

A talk by Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet from the Inspire 2006 conference examining the widespread popular interest in Kabbalah in contemporary culture, including the rise of celebrity Kabbalah centres. The...