Rebbe
“All sevens are precious.” The seventh generation is the culmination of a royal dream.
“I have come to My garden…” With these words, the Rebbe changed the face, heart, and soul of the universe, laying out a plan for us to fulfill our divine purpose here on earth of transforming the wilderness into a divine garden. Born on 11 Nisan 5662 (1902), the Rebbe succeeded his father in law, the Freideker Rebbe, as the sventh Chabad Rebbe on 10 Shvat 1950. The Rebbe empowered every human being to be a Shliach, an ambassador for light and truth. The Rebbe articulated in tens of thousands of talks, discourses, conversations, audiences, and letters the deepest truths of heaven in the most relatable terms of earth. On 3 Tammuz 5754 (1994) the brilliant sun that is the Rebbe was suspended in the heavens.
Yud Shevat: Meshuga: The Sanity of Insanity
Chapter five of Basi L’Gani offers us a novel and even revolutionary approach to the absurdity of our lives. Instead of just avoiding or ignoring the irrational, transform that mindless mindset into a supra-rational force of transcendence, creating something absolutely unusual — something absolutely crazy. Since you are already in a mad and wild state of mind — turn that wild energy into revolution, changing the status quo.
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My Encounter With The Rebbe: The Baseball Game
The Rebbe discussed baseball with a bar-mitzvah boy, and had a lifelong effect.
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Gimmel Tammuz: The Silent Sun
Gimmel Tammuz is the day that the Lubavitcher Rebbe passed. It is also the day that Joshua miraculously stopped the sun. Rabbi Simon Jacobson discusses the connection between the two events.
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Matot: What Can I Do About the Situation in Israel?
Let us create a true revolution. Let us reconnect to our Divine mission. Let us move heaven and earth with our actions. We have been promised that when we do, we will save the universe – literally.
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Simchat Torah: Through Water and Fire
The story of the young man has taught me much: even in the saddest of times, even when all seems lost, with a little joy, a little dance, everything can change.
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Bo: Sheer Determination
There is no greater gift than the gift of determination: The absolute certainty that you are precious and indispensable; that you are on a mission championing a cause; that the place and time in which you find yourself is exactly where you belong; and that you have the power to make your unique mark on the universe.
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Mikeitz: Coming In from the Cold
We are blessed with the gift and responsibility to create a warm oasis, and bring people in from the heartless streets and nameless plains – and bring to life the innate warmth within each person’s soul, which is essentially a Divine pilot flame waiting to be fanned.
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Beshalach: Moscow 2009
Yesterday, Moscow was destroying lives, today it is building them. Yesterday, Moscow all but annihilated Jewish life and morale. Today Jewish life is thriving here.
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Balak: The Ultimate Stand
A personal story of 2 events on the same day in 1927 and 1967 that shaped the spiritual commitment to Jewish life and history revealing G-d’s Divine plan.
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