Imagination and Repentance
Once, the 3rd Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, said:[1] “An individual with a sense of imagination is much sooner to repent than an person lacking such a sense.” [1] Likutei Dibburim, Vol....
Category: INSPIRATION
Five Points of Repentance
The previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, enumerated five distinct times for Teshuva—each to rectify another aspect of the individual:[1] The month of Elul: The person rectifies the garments of the soul—thought, speech...
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...
Different Challenges
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 Infinite in the Finite
Being inspired by chassidim and touching the infinite.
Three Groups of Chassidim
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,...
Rosh HaShana – Where Were You Until Now?!
G-d asks each of us where we were.
A Lengthy Exile
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 Shoe that Fits
Our time is referred to as the heels of Moshiach. Therefore, G-d need not be too exacting.
Before Daybreak
The darkness before the light.
