The Cry of a Jew
Once, the 4th Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch, remarked:[1] “When on Rosh HaShana a Jew sighs or cries on his sorry physical position, whether concerning health of livelihood—this is ‘Teshuva I’la-ah.’” Though externally...
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Once, the 4th Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch, remarked:[1] “When on Rosh HaShana a Jew sighs or cries on his sorry physical position, whether concerning health of livelihood—this is ‘Teshuva I’la-ah.’” Though externally...
By Rabbi Dovid Markel Once, in a private audience that the Chassidic mentor, Reb Nissan Neminov had with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Rebbe enumerated three stages of the Chassidic Yeshivah, Tomchei Temimim:[1] The...
The Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn is said to have divided his chassidim into three groups:[1] There are Chabad chassidim, chassidim who pray using the siddur constructed by the first Chabad Rebbe,...
G-d asks each of us where we were.
The first Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi explained the reason for the lengthy exile:[1] The Talmud (Yuma 9b) that the destruction of the second Temple was on account of the sin of...
A teaching of the Baal Shem Tov, of blessed memory[1]: “As waters reflect the face to the face, so does the heart of man reflect to man.” When a person stands beside water, his...
I heard from my master (the Baal Shem Tov) of blessed memory[1], on the matter of,[2] “And the Chayot run and return,” that everything is aflame with desire to return and adhere to its...
The Jerusalem Talmud (Berachos Ch. 9) describes the love that G-d has for the Jewish People, using the following formula: “When an individual of flesh and blood has a relative who is a philosopher,...
Once, a chossid of Rabbi Mendel of Kotzk complained to his Rebbe that he did not remember his learning. Reb Mendel responded: “A clear technique for remembering your studies is written in the Torah (Bamidbar 15:39-40),...
The holy Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vorki, enumerated three things that a chossid must know: “How to dance while sitting, how to be bent over while standing and how to cry out in...