He’s Already Here
The Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yizchak Schneersohn, once declared:[1] “Moshiach is already here: ‘Behold, he is standing behind our wall.[2]’ “In more supernal worlds, there is already joy and merriment that he has...
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Moshiach and Prayer
Chassidim once sat and discussed the way that the world will be after the coming of Moshiach. One of participants was an old chossid who had seen both the third and fourth Lubavitcher Rebbes. He...
A Conversation Overheard
The third Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, was once asked the following: “What is the point in toiling in the study of Chassidus? For, when Moshiach comes, the depth of Torah will...
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...
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...
