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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...
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),...
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...
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.
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...
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,...
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...
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...
The Alef Kabbalah group (19 Feb 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught in 1985 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Ki Tisa. The focus is a theme from the Song of Songs (2:6),...
The Alef Kabbala Group (6 Mar 07) explored a discourse on Sedra Ki Tisa, said by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1968 (5728). This discusses the incense offered in the Temple, which is described in the...
A class by Rabbi Nachman Sudak on a Chassidic discourse by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (the Lubavitcher Rebbe), taught on Shabbat Parshat Ki Tisa, 1968. The discourse engages with the themes of...
The sacred nature of the Torah Scroll, connecting its sanctity to the Sedra's account of Moses receiving the Tablets inscribed by G-d. The insight is that the physical letters of the Torah Scroll are...
The challenge of commitment in an age of material plenty, drawing on the Golden Calf episode as the quintessential failure of commitment. The insight is that the second Tablets, given after...
The Golden Calf as an archetypal form of damage and asks how it is repaired. The insight is that the Sedra itself provides the answer: through Moses' intercession and G-d's forgiveness, expressed in...
On the half-shekel contribution as an expression of the spiritual principle that recognizing oneself as incomplete is actually a higher level than feeling whole. The insight is that awareness of...
On the Tablets of the Law, Moses' forty days on Sinai, and the shattering of the Tablets at the sight of the Golden Calf. The insight is that even complex, flawed people who have sinned can be...
The Jewish practice of washing hands, tracing its source to the copper washbasin placed in the courtyard of the Sanctuary described in the Sedra. The insight is that this ancient priestly practice,...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Ki Tisa (Parshat Parah), 5726 (1966). The passage about the Red Heifer begins 'This is the Statute of the Torah', indicating that this...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Ki Tisa, 5717 (1957). The verse 'when you count the heads of the Children of Israel... they should give a half-Shekel' is explored through a...