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The Alef Kabbala Group (28 January 2014) studied a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe taught in 1984 for Sedra Terumah. This was Shabbat Rosh Chodesh, and the discourse concerns verses in the special...
The Alef Kabbala Group (12 February 2013) studied the Lubavitcher Rebbe's discourse for Sedra Terumah of 1983. This focuses on the idea of the Sanctuary which, the Sages tell us, is eternal. In which...
The Alef Kabbala Group (21 February 2012) studied a discourse for Parshat Terumah said in 1986. This opens with a verse from the Song of Songs (8:1) 'If only you were my brother.. I would meet you...
The Alef Kabbala Group (1 February 2011)explored an unedited discourse for Sedra Terumah taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1984, on verses from the Haftorah when Shabbat is Rosh Chodesh. These speak...
The Alef Kabbala Group (16 February 2010) explored a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe said on Shabbat Parshat Terumah 1987. This focuses on the theme of the Sanctuary which each person should...
Studio' presentation of a discourse by the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Parshat Terumah delivered in 1975. The beginning of the Parshah hints at three kinds of 'Terumah', donation, relating to the...
The Alef Kabbalah group (5 Feb 2008) explored the Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught in 1986 by the Lubavitcher Rebbe for the Sedra Terumah, concerning the instructions to build the Sanctuary....
The opening verse, Song of Songs 8:1, ‘If only You were my brother’, is explained as expressing yearning for the revelation of the Divine. This is achieved through Torah study, or dedicated positive...
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...
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.
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...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Terumah in 1965. Discussing a verse at the beginning of the Sedra, it explains that inspiration from the Divine is always available. One form of...
This discourse was taught by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Terumah, 1983. The command in the Torah 'Make for Me a Sanctuary' (Exodus 25:8) is commented on by the Midrash: since the text states 'for...
The paradox of G-d being infinite yet also finite enough to be contained in the Sanctuary, using King Solomon's words at the Temple dedication. The Ark of the Covenant is cited as a miraculous...
The possibility of transforming bad into good rather than simply destroying it, using the Sanctuary's planks of acacia wood overlaid with gold as a model. Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn's teaching...
The inner Sanctuary that Moses received in detailed vision on Mount Sinai, focusing on the acacia wood whose Hebrew name means the wood of folly. The insight is that in order to build the Sanctuary...
Whether the universe is conscious, exploring this through the Chassidic image of a sleeping person whose inner being is present but not directing action. The Sanctuary and the Torah are presented as...
The spiritual significance of the colours used in the Sanctuary: blue, purple, scarlet and white linen, explaining through Chassidic teaching that these colours have corresponding spiritual meanings...
The Jewish home as a small sanctuary mirroring the Temple, drawing on the three main objects in the Sanctuary: the Menorah expressing prayer, the Altar expressing the flow of blessings, and the Ark...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Terumah, 5746 (1986). The Sedra describes the golden Cherubim atop the Ark, and a text by Rabbi Shneur Zalman interprets the male and...
This discourse was delivered by the Rebbe on Shabbat Parshat Terumah, 5743 (1983). The Sedra states 'They shall make for Me a Sanctuary and I will dwell in them', and the Midrash comments that...