Yud Tes Kislev
Why Stories Come Before Chassidus on Yud Tes Kislev
The Rebbe's teaching on why maasiyos are told before chassidishe chiddushim on Yud Tes Kislev, including the story of the Shach being younger than the Taz.
Inside the Rebbe's Yud Shevat Maamar: Ba'ati L'Gani
A deep chassidus class on the Yud Shevat hemshech maamar 'Ba'ati L'Gani,' its structure across twenty letters, the battle between the animal and divine soul, and going beyond halacha in avodah.
Inside the Rebbe's Yud Shevat Maamar: Ba'ati L'Gani
A deep chassidus class on the Yud Shevat hemshech maamar 'Ba'ati L'Gani,' the Tzemach Tzedek's teaching on the staff that split the sea, and why splitting the sea is called harder than creation.
Inside the Rebbe's Yud Shevat Maamar: Ba'ati L'Gani
A deep chassidus class on the Yud Shevat hemshech maamar 'Ba'ati L'Gani,' its structure across twenty letters, the Rebbe's editing history, and why splitting the sea is called harder than creation.
Sicha, 19 Kislev 5726 — Why Jerusalem Has Two Spiritual Levels
A maamar-style class on Yerushalayim's dual nature, the connection between maaser sheni and the holy city, and a Mishnah case of a dispute between upper and lower apartment owners.
Parshas Vayishlach - Yud Tes Kislev
Preparing to face Esav, Yaakov davens, arms himself for battle, and sends a gift, three responses that the Torah repeatedly ties to 'that same night,' showing that the natural, gashmiyusdike preparations were not a shift away from his tefillah but a direct continuation of the same bitul and reliance on Hashem. That idea, that even the most mundane, physical actions are an expression of connection to Hashem, done because Hashem wills it that way, is precisely what Chassidus came to stress with the teaching of bechol derachecha da'eihu, making it fitting for Yud Tes Kislev, the Rosh Hashanah of Chassidus and a hachanah for the revelation of Mashiach.