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The Rebbe taught this discourse on Shabbat Ki Tetze in 1985. The Sedra opens with the idea of a soldier in battle finding a beautiful woman, whom he takes captive, and the Torah regulates his...
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...
This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 1965, explains the "battle" in the sedra as the battle of spiritual prayer. But there is also a "peaceful" option: Torah study.
The Alef Kabbala Group (16 September 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1954 on the Shabbat of Sedra Ki Tetze, on 13 Elul. The discourse begins with the words 'come my...
The laws of marriage and divorce in the Sedra, focusing on the ideal of a permanent sacred bond. The insight is that Jewish teaching presents marriage as a joining of two souls that is meant to be...
The spiritual battle of life, taking the Sedra's opening words about going out to war as a metaphor for inner spiritual struggle. The insight is that the battle between the spirit of Torah and...
The Sedra's laws about two wives as a starting point to explore the two-soul model in Chassidic thought. The insight is that the tension between the Divine Soul and the Animal Soul within each person...
The tension between the quest for unity and the need to protect distinct borders and identities, drawing on the Sedra's laws about maintaining distinctions. The insight is that protecting differences...
The connection drawn by Rashi between false weights and measures and the attack of Amalek, both being forms of double standards. The insight is that dishonesty and moral inconsistency are spiritually...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Ki Tetze, 5745 (1985). The verse 'when you go to war over your enemy, G-d will give him into your hand, and you will capture his captive' is...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Ki Tetze (Diaspora), 5727 (1967). The law against plowing with an ox and a donkey together is one of a list of forbidden mixtures, but every...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Sedra Ki Tetze, 5725 (1965). Rabbi Shneur Zalman in Likkutei Torah interprets 'When you go out to war against your enemies' as the spiritual...