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.

The Rebbe and the Rogatchover on the mitzvah of Ner Chanukah, and its ramification in a case where on the third night of Chanukah, one has only enough oil for two candles — whether he should light one or two candles. 

לקוטי שיחות, כרך כ, חנוכה, הערה 9

What exactly happened during the daytime? Is the mitzvah “to light” the menorah or that the candles “should be lit”? And are the eight days of chanukah considered “one” mitzvah or “eight separate” mitzvos?

An in-depth analysis of the Rebbe’s chiddush in the miracle of Chanukah, and how it differs from an approach seemingly already mentioned by the acharonim.

Analyzing two haoros of the Rebbe, applying the laws of selling a slave in maseches Gittin to the sale of Yosef by the Shvatim to the Egyptians. 

לקוטי שיחות, כרך כ, וישב, הערות 26, 29, 30

Deciphering a cryptic haoro and ksav yad kodesh of the Rebbe to the manichim with regards to the analogy of the olive in connection to Yud Teis Kislev. 

לקוטי שיחות, כרך כ, וישלח-יט כסלו, הערה 26*

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.

Analyzing the Rebbe’s wording with regards to the safety measure mentioned in maseches Avodah Zarah ‘extend the way’: “One of the nafka minos…”

What are the other possible ramifications implied by the Rebbe’s precise wording?

The Rebbe on the definition of adulthood and the origins of the age of Bar Mitzvah at 13, whether it is derived from the story of Shimon and Levi in shechem or it is a Halacha L’Moshe Misinai, and its ramifications with regards to the difference between a boy and a girl and the age of Bar Mitzvah for a non-Jew.

The Rebbe and the Rogatchover on the concept of ‘hechsher mitzvah’ — if and when does it receives the status of the mitzvah itsef. 

A collection of various subjects related to numbers 3 and 4 in Talmud, Chakirah and Kabbalah, as explained in the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.