On Sivan 3, in preparation for the Giving of the Torah G-d instructed Moshe: “And the HaShem said to Moses, “Go to the people and prepare them today and tomorrow, and they shall wash their garments. And they shall be prepared for the third day, for on the third …
Make it to the Pesach! Looking for a way to fulfill all the laws of the Pesach Eve and not miss a thing? Check out this list of halachot, compiled by the Beis Din of Crown Heights, New York. Click here to download and print. Chag Pesach Kasher veSameach!
And similarly, it’s said: “When Adar enters, we should increase our joy.” The Rebbe reveals: – The greatest happiness that a Jew can possibly feel is his connection with G‑d. Even as he exists within the limitations of this material world, and furthermore, as he is in exile within …
From the Rebbe’s explanations: – The twenty-second of the month is connected to blessing. This is hinted in the Hebrew representation of this number – the letters “Kaf-Bet” (כב). In reverse order these letters form the word “baсh” (בך) – meaning “in you” or “through you”. As in the …
The first mention of this day is found in the Mishnah: “On the first of Shevat is the New Year for the tree in accordance with the statement of Beit Shammai. But Beit Hillel say: the New Year for trees is on the fifteenth of Shevat” (Rosh haShanah, 1). …
It is the eve of January 17, 1951 (11th of Shevat 5711), in the great room at 770 Eastern Parkway in New York. The central Chassidic gathering is about to begin. The Rebbe will address his followers. This time the air is electrified. Something special is about to happen. …
As told by the Rebbe Rayatz: “When my grandmother, Rebbetzin Rivka, was eighteen [in 5611 (1851)] she fell ill and the physician ordered her to eat immediately upon awakening. She, however, did not wish to eat before davening; so she davened very early, then ate breakfast. When her father-in-law, …
The four commemorative fasts associated with the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash follow a historical sequence: it was on the Tenth of Tevet that Nebuchadnezzar began the siege of Jerusalem, The Seventeenth of Tammuz commemorates the breaching of the city’s walls, Tishah BeAv commemorates the destruction of the Beis …
The mitzvah of ‘pidyon shvuyim’ – redeeming captives – is one of the central topics in this week’s Torah portion ‘Vayigash’ as we read about Binyamin being imprisoned in Egypt and Yehudah’s determination to release him. In his ‘Hey Tevet’ talk the Rebbe points to an interesting fact: the …
Rav Avina Bar Rav Huna, one of the last editors and compilers of the Babylonian Talmud, known also as “the last Ravina”, passed away on the 13th of Kislev. The materials for the Talmud had been accumulated for more than 200 years, since Rabbi Yehuda ha-Nasi and a group of …
