Tzfunot

Four Approaches to Defining Conversion Then and Now

The Rebbe, the Rogatchover Gaon, and the Avnei Nezer on giyur: its structure, the roles of milah, tevilah, and korban, and the difference between conversion in the time of the Beit Hamikdash and today.

לקוטי שיחות, חלק כו, משפטים ג

Must sustaining a Ben Noach depend on formal acceptance of the Seven Mitzvot before a beit din, or is voluntary acceptance enough?

In a letter to the Rebbe, the Rogatchover seems to contradict his opinion as stated in the sicha. This shiur shows how a subtle remark in Shulei HaGilyon may resolve the apparent contradiction by distinguishing two forms of sustaining a Ben Noach.

לקוטי שיחות, חלק כו, יתרו ג

In this episode we will explore and analyze the purpose and methodology of Rambam's Mishneh Torah.

This shiur explores the unique status of the Ger Toshav through the lenses of the Rogatchover Gaon and Reb Yosef Engel.

We will examine how this intermediate category explains a striking halachic distinction—the permission for a Ger Toshav to reside in Eretz Yisrael, but not in Yerushalayim.

לקוטי שיחות, חלק כו, יתרו ג, הערה 50

A lomdishe analysis of the status of a Korban Pesach offered for a minor who attains bar mitzvah between Pesach Rishon and Pesach Sheni, through the approaches of the Rebbe, Reb Chaim Brisker, and the Rogatchover.

לקוטי שיחות, חלק כו, בא ב

What is unique about Rashi’s commentary to the Torah? What is the meaning of 'Peshuto shel Mikrah'? What is the Rebbe’s novel method in studying Rashi?

A new course exploring the novel approach to Rashi’s methodology on the Torah, as introduced by the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

This course will analyze the ‘Klalei Rashi’ (principles and methods of Rashi study), and will guide students on how to apply them further to explanations of Rashi on the Torah.

Final episode in the series.

What is unique about Rashi’s commentary to the Torah? What is the meaning of 'Peshuto shel Mikrah'? What is the Rebbe’s novel method in studying Rashi?

A new course exploring the novel approach to Rashi’s methodology on the Torah, as introduced by the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

This course will analyze the ‘Klalei Rashi’ (principles and methods of Rashi study), and will guide students on how to apply them further to explanations of Rashi on the Torah.

This series will explore the Talmudic methodology of ‘Leshitatei’ — a unique method of study, commonly found in the Talmud and its commentaries.

Specifically, we will discover the novel approach to ‘Leshitatei’ as introduced in the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

In this final episode in the series, we will be introduced to the ‘Leshitatei’ and the unified theory that runs through the arguments of Rabban Gamliel and his colleagues the Rabbanan.

This series will explore the Talmudic methodology of ‘Leshitatei’ — a unique method of study, commonly found in the Talmud and its commentaries.

Specifically, we will discover the novel approach to ‘Leshitatei’ as introduced in the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

In this episode we will be introduced to the ‘Leshitatei’ and the unified theory that runs through the arguments of Rabban Gamliel and his colleagues the Rabbanan.

This series will explore the Talmudic methodology of ‘Leshitatei’ — a unique method of study, commonly found in the Talmud and its commentaries.

Specifically, we will discover the novel approach to ‘Leshitatei’ as introduced in the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

In this episode we will present three arguments between Rabban Gamliel and the Chachamim, and explore the unified theory that runs through them.