Holidays
Shavuos
The 3 revolutionary changes that came in the wake of מתן תורה
שמן תורק שמך - Torah is like ointment
שיתף הקב״ה שמו עם כל אחד ואחד - Hashem bonded His name with every Jew
ב׳ סיון - יום המיוחס What is it about
אח עשו ליעקב ואוהב את יעקב ואת עשו שנאתי - סיני, ירדה שנאה לאומות העולם
למה קדמה פרשת שמע לוהי׳ אם שמוע - based on the above maamar
בשעה שהקדימו נעשה לנשמע - based on the Rebbe’s maamar
Why chazal refer to shavuos by the name Atzeres - Reb Levi Yitzchok Barditchever
Beautiful vort of the previous rebbe on shavuos vs. simchas torah
The unique value of Rosh Chodesh Sivan - a thought fom the Alter Rebbe
The Maharal's and the Rebbe's parallel ways of interpreting Hashem holding a mountain over our heads
Devotion to Hashem that is based on a sense of obligation and lack of choice, as opposed to an inspired devotion, finds expression in a halacha
The first insight the Alter Rebbe shared on Shavuos 5540 as reported by Reb Leib
The Alter Rebbe's insight on the Aseres Hadibros applied to Abaye and Rovo
The Alter Rebbe's amazing pshat on the first directives Hashem gave Moshe soon after Matan Torah
How Jews of a century ago would prepare for Shavuos, and the Rebbe's advice on how to utilize the day of Erev Shavuos in preparation for Matan Torah
Beautiful vort from Reb Meir shapiro on the relationship of a Jew with Torah
Beautiful insight from the Rebbe into the dual message of Rosh Chodesh Sivan
A remarkable insight of the Alter Rebbe as to the two ways to understand the Ten Commandments
A nice pshat of the first Belzer Rov on Reb Yehudah Halevi's claim that the Jews cried out "Hashem Echod" during Matan Torah