This week's Torah reading, called Nitzavim (standing firm) contains the verse that is the foundation of Tanya, the main book of Chabad Chassidic thought: "Because it is very close to you, in your mouth, in your heart to do it".

This class is based on a chassidic discourse by the Alter Rebbe on the law of the inheritance of the firstborn of two wives. Don't fall into depression because you don't feel godliness in the world: that's the reason you were created for!Based on Maamarim HaKatzarim, p. 118 and Zohar, Part 2, 198b (regarding bringing… Leer más »A tale of two wives

This week's Torah reading includes the commandment to appoint a king. However, we find that when the Jewish people asked the prophet Shmuel for a king, he got angry. Why?

This week's Torah reading starts with G-d giving blessing and curse. But, how can we say that He gives curse if He is the source of all blessings?

In this week's reading we find the commandment of attaching to G-d. Our sages explain that this means emulating His activities, like visiting the sick and burying the dead. How does it apply to words? Can we emulate His words that create the world?

This week's Torah reading has many fundaments of Judaism, like the ten commandments and Shema Israel. There's one verse that explains a quality of the voice of G-d on the giving of the Torah with many explanations.

This class is an advanced level class about blessings for food, drink and others for non Jews. The base text is the writings of the Alter Rebbe regarding the subject, adapted for Bnei Noach. Here you can read the original text:https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/4637756/jewish/Seder-Birkas-HaNehenin.htm

This class explores a verse in Lamentations (5:1): "Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Behold, and see our disgrace!". Different explanations are offered based on teachings of the Baal Shem Tov (founder of the Chassidic movement) and other chassidic discourses (by the fifth Rebbe of Chabad (1919) and by the Rebbe (1953)). This verse… Leer más »Lamentations: Remember!

Esta clase son algunas ideas de un discurso jasídico del quinto Rebe de Jabad, Rabí Shalom Dovber Schneerson, el Rebe Rashab, sobre un versículo de Eija (Lamentaciones).

In this week's reading we start learning about the last words of Moshe to the Jewish people before entering the land of Israel. Within this words we find countless lessons on life.