Naso
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Upper Waters & Lower Waters
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat of Sedra Naso, a few days after Shavuot, in 1966. It provides a fascinating perspective on the relation between the Torah and Nature. The essence...
General and Particular
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Naso of 1968. Its theme is the General and the Particular, in many different aspects of life and of Judaism.
Sedra Naso
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe in 1965 and considers the three groups of Levites in terms of one's relationship with the Divine.
Zos Chanukas Hamizbe'ach - Shabbat Naso 1968
A class by Rabbi Nachman Sudak on a Chassidic discourse by the Rebbe, taught on Shabbat Parshat Naso, 1968. Opening with the verse "This is the dedication of the altar," the discourse explores the...
A Sense Of Uplift
The theme of uplift through the word Naso meaning to lift up, connecting the counting of the Levites to the spiritual elevation that Torah study provides. The insight is that Torah study lifts a...
Confidence And Humility
The theme of combining opposite qualities such as confidence and humility, body and soul, drawing on the Sedra and the approaching Shavuot festival. The insight is that the Torah given at Shavuot...
Making The Desert Bloom
The Levites' desert journey as pointing to the purpose of all human existence: to make the desert bloom, to transform an empty, spiritually barren environment into a dwelling for G-d. The insight is...
Changing The World For Good
On the Levites' task of carrying the Sanctuary through the desert to explore how we change the world for good. The insight is that just as the Levites carried holiness through the physical...
The Fifth Dimension
Shalom Bayit as the Torah's ultimate purpose, with special relevance at a wedding occasion. The insight is that the new couple's marital harmony is itself an expression of the Torah's deepest goal.
The Fifth Dimension
Shalom Bayit, peace in the home, as the ultimate purpose of the Torah, drawing on the Talmud's teaching that even G-d's name can be erased to restore peace between husband and wife. The insight is...
Zot Chanukat Hamizbeach Naso
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Naso, 5728 (1968). The Sedra concludes with a summary of all the identical dedicatory offerings brought by the twelve tribal leaders, and...
The Ten Commandments And The Ten Utterances
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Naso, 5726 (1966). The verse 'And G-d spoke all these words, saying' introduces the Ten Commandments, and the Rebbe asks what 'saying'...
Learning From The Levites
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Naso, 5725 (1965). The Sedra describes the three groups of Levites, Kehot, Gershon and Merari, and their tasks in transporting the...