Darkness and Light
Before daybreak, the darkness of the night is especially dark, due to the impending light. So too, the tremendous darkness that we are presently in, in this exile—with all its incredible hardships—is a preparation...
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Four Extra Years
A chossid of the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, managed an inn that he would rent from the local landowner. Each year, he would renew the lease and pay the ten...
Enough is Enough
The Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yizchak Schneersohn, once declared: “If the Jewish people collectively—young and old—would say: Father! It’s enough already! Have mercy on us and send us our redeemer—it is a sure...
Next Year In Jerusalem
At the conclusion of the Pesach Seder, the first Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, was wont to say: Master of the Universe! I have done Your will and have properly conducted the...
Parshas Ki Sisa – The Order of the Parsha
An explanation of the diverse topics of the parsha
Parshas Ki Sisa – The Mixed Multitude and the Golden Calf
Who were the Erav Rav that enticed Israel to sin?
Souls and Train Stations
The Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, once described a scene from a train station to describe the nightly spiritual journey of the soul:[1] “At night, when the train station is dark and...
A Tale of Two Songs
Chassidim were wont to say: “What is the difference between a regular song and a Chassidic niggun? A regular song expresses that the individual is in the mud and is joyfully frolicking in it....
The Power of Song
It is in the power of a Chassidic niggun to disengage oneself from the lowest pits of mud. (Sicha, 12 Tamuz, 5706)
