Mattot

Gadol Yihye Kevod Habayit MMasey 5722

The Alef Kabbala Group (17 July 2012) studied a discourse said on Shabbat Parshat Mattot-Mas'ey 1962, focusing on a verse from Hagai concerning the greatness of the 'latter Temple'. This is explored...

Matot Nedarim 5714

The Alef Kabbala Group (22 July 08) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1954 on the Shabbat of Sedra Matot. The discourse concerns the theme of making vows (Nedarim) which is the...

Third Temple 62

The Alef Kabbala Group (10 July 07) discussed a discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Shabbat Mattot-Mas'ey in 1962. As today, this was in the Three Weeks when we mourn the destruction of both...

Balancing The Spiritual And The Practical

The tension between spiritual idealism and practical concerns, drawing on the episode of the two and a half tribes wanting to settle east of the Jordan. The insight is that the clash between the...

Adding Rules?

The concept of making vows to add personal restrictions beyond Torah law, drawing on the Jerusalem Talmud's comment 'are not the rules of the Torah enough for you?' The insight is that sometimes a...