What is the nature of the prohibition against removing a stone from the Beit HaMikdash—is it the removal of the stone’s sanctity, or creating a deficiency in the Mikdash itself?

A novel insight of the Rogatchover sheds light on the Rambam’s precise wording and the distinction between the Mizbe’ach, the Heichal, and the Azarah.

לקוטי שיחות, חלק כט, תבוא ב, הערה 53

This shiur explores the Rebbe's novel analysis of the two gedarim of shotrim, revealing the basis for the two approaches in Likkutei Sichos regarding the Rambam's shita, based on Rabbi Yechiel Kalmenson's brilliant explanation in Mei Tal.

לקוטי שיחות, חלק לד, שופטים א

An in-depth exploration of the Rebbe’s Reshimos Al HaTanya on the Alter Rebbe’s ruling that one must stand before an osek b’mitzvah.

Through a careful analysis of the Rebbe’s precise language, structure, and subtle diyukim in the ha’arah, this episode uncovers profound depth within the Reshimos Al HaTanya.

Delivered in honor of the Shavuos 5786 Kinus Torah in Vancouver.

For the source in Reshimos Al HaTanya, click here:

https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=https://w2.chabad.org/media/pdf/893/lDTw8932815.pdf (page דש)

What lies behind the observance of יום טבוח after Shavuos? Is it simply due to a lack of time to bring the korbanos on Yom Tov—or does it reflect a deeper halachic position?

The Alter Rebbe’s surprising assertion that even בית הלל followed this practice raises a fundamental question: what is his source, and why would בית הלל align with בית שמאי?

Through a careful analysis of the Rebbe’s sicha—engaging the approaches of Rabbi Zevin and Rav Chaim Naeh, and clarifying its flow and key דיוקים—we uncover a novel interpretation rooted in מסכת ביצה. The result: יום טבוח emerges not as a technicality, but as a deliberate expression of שיטת בית הלל.

לקוטי שיחות, חלק כח, חג השבועות

Through a novel analysis of the Rebbe, this shiur uncovers two fundamentally different models of giving: one centered on the refinement of the giver, and the other on the needs of the recipient.

With careful readings of Rambam and Tanya, we will discover how this distinction reshapes the application of the halachic limit of אל יבזבז יותר מחומש.

לקוטי שיחות, חלק כז, בחוקותי ג

When one undertakes to bring a korban metzora on behalf of another, what is the nature of that obligation: a personal neder, or a din in the metzora’s kaparah?

Through a focused analysis of the Rebbe and the Rogatchover, this shiur uncovers a novel approach: two parallel dinim coexist, with practical ramifications in cases such as a wealthy donor bringing the offering of a poor metzora.

לקוטי שיחות, חלק כז, מצורע א

When a king’s son succeeds him, no new anointing is required—but why? Is it merely an inheritance, or does the father’s original meshicha extend to the son?

Explore a penetrating analysis from the Rebbe and the Rogatchover that reexamines yerushas hamalchus and reveals far-reaching halachic implications.

לקוטי שיחות, חלק לב, ניסן, הערה 38

What Is the Definition of Writing the Megillah?


Reading, Ketuvim, or an Inherent Act of Writing

Is the Megillah just for reading — or something more?

The Rebbe and the Rogatchover Gaon on the geder of writing the Megillah: as a means to reading, as part of the canon of Ketuvim, or as an act with independent significance — granting the Megillah a unique, enduring status, like the Chumashim themselves.

לקוטי שיחות, חלק כו, זכור-פורים

לעיתים, מילים מסוימות בפסקה של השיחה מופיעות בתוך סוגריים — וכך מתקבלת משמעות כפולה למשפט, הן עם הסוגריים והן בלעדיהם.

בשיעור זה ננתח מגוון דוגמאות של סוגריים בשיחה, נחשוף את המשמעות והקוד הפנימי הטמונים בהם, ונגלה כיצד כל מילה — ואף כל סימן — מדודים ומכוונים בדייקנות מופלאה.

השיעור ניתן (בלה״ק) בישיבת תורת אמת, ירושלים עיה״ק.

האזינו וגלו רובד חדש בלימוד שיחה בעיון.

Is meshukadim an integral law of the Menorah itself, or a general expression of hiddur mitzvah?

This shiur analyzes the Rebbe’s chiddush through the pnim of the sicha together with its ha’aros, uncovering three distinct conceptual approaches to the status of meshukadim. These approaches lead to different readings of the Gemara’s "ein lo hachra’ah" as understood by the Rambam—whether meshukadim refers to the gevi’im or the kaftorim.

לקוטי שיחות, חלק כו, תרומה ג