Introduction On the 10th of Shevat, 1951, the Lubavitcher Rebbe gave a groundbreaking maamer (chassidic discourse) as He accepted the leadership of the Lubavich movement. In the talk, entitled Basi Legani, the Rebbe laid out the mission for our generation. The Rebbe explained how Gds Divine Presence – the Shechina, was originally in this world.
Torah Mapping It is a well known concept within Chassidut that sight has an advantage over hearing; there are abundant sources within the writings and Torah’s of all the Rebbayim, but for brevity I bring just a few sources from Maimorim of the Rebbe on this subject. In the Maimor from Parsht Mikeitz (Zote Chanukah)
Introduction This poem is based on the concept of Unity within Multiplicity. The sources are from: Tanya, chapter 20 and Shaar Ha’Yichud v’haemuna, chapters 1 and 2. The poem is connected to the idea that Olam, world, can mean concealment of E-lokut, but also in this world of Malchut is the deepest revelation of essence,
Inspiration motivates a person and brings him to new heights, but only externally. Real accomplishments are obtained through one’s own efforts. The level of a person after one has toiled and struggled are much greater and deeper than if it was as a result of an outside influence. Divine inspiration changes nature, but internal motivation
Introduction Everyone is familiar with feelings of unworthiness and shame. We tend to walk life looking over our shoulder, waiting to notice who might be watching. Days turn into races of becoming the ‘good enough’ everyone else seems to have and be; money and status begin to overshadow the quality of life itself. When we
What a niggun is: A niggun is the window to the soul(1). A niggun is a way to wordlessly express the soul. Because it needn’t have words, its capability to express is not bound by the restrictions of speech. It is for this reason that niggunim are sung so often by farbreingens; and while they
Inspired by the Hayom Yom of 8 Adar Aleph HAYOM HOM: Shabbat 8 Adar I 5703 Torah lessons: Chumash: T’ruma, Shevi’i with Rashi. Tehillim: 44-48. Tanya: Ch. 28. Even if (p. 121)…of the L-rd. (p. 123). The Alter Rebbe once summoned a young disciple of the Maggid and said to him in his customary chant:
There’s a story of a man who came to the Maggid and asked him to help him learn how to control his thoughts. The Maggid advises him to go see a Talmid of his, R’ Zev of Zhitomer, to find an answer to his question. Arriving at his destination, the man knocked on the Tzaddik’s
“Unifying Force” depicts a coin about to be placed in a charity box. The fiery energy and passion of this action elevates the mundane coin and sets a reciprocal effect in motion initiating a flow of energy into all aspects of the world; mountains, lakes, fishes etc. It illustrates the Chassidic teaching that we are
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