Yartzeit of Reb Levi Yitzcok Barditchever. His beautiful insight into the puzzling Midrash which asks which actions does Hashem prefer? The actions of tzadikim or the ones of the Resha’im.
Reb Levi Yitzchok of Barditchev on בראשית ברא אלוקים and the connection to ה׳ מלך, ה׳ מלך, ה׳ ימלוך
A fabulous idea in ליקוטי תורה about two types of מצוות - מצוות that involve the self of the person and those that can only be performed without the involvement of the self
The difference in approach between other chassidic sources and Chabad re the uniqueness of Hoshana Rabbah. The brochos from Above vs. the Avodah of the Jew.
Geshmaker insight in the first משנה in 3rd perek of סוכה that לולב הגזול פסול - from the sefer תפארת שלמה
How Sukkah and Lulav celebrate 2 different aspects of our relationship with Hashem - A fascinating interplay between the Halachic (Nigleh) aspects of those mitzvas and their Mystical dimensions
Fascinating Halachic question about a jew who built a sukkah in a concentration camp shortly before sundown on Erev Sukkos and ate a Kezayis after dark and immediately deconstructed the sukkah
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Reb Yochanan ben Zakai’s teaching about our relationship with the בית המקדש
Why did ר׳ יוחנן בן זכאי enact 2 traditions in one day - shaking the lulav for 7 days and refrain from eating חדש till the end of the 16th of Nissan? Fascinating insight into our relationship with the בית המקדש
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An ערב יום כיפור story of a tailor, an officer and a fish - from the מדרש and it’s deeper meaning as explained by כלי יקר, חתם סופר and חסידות
Amazing debate between the Alter Rebbe and the Shpoler Zayde as to how one should get closer to Hashem - vov tishrei is the yartzeit of the Shpoler Zayde
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‘Hashem resembles a Mikvah’ - fascinating insight of the Rebbe on the last משנה in מסכת יומא
Remarkable explanation by the Tzemach Tzedek as to why Kol Nidre became the introduction to the whole mood of Yom Kippur
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