Rebbe Rashab
The Maimonides of Chassidut, codified, organized, and systemized esoteric profundity in a scientific way.
R’ Sholom Dovber, the fifth Rebbeof Chabad, known as the Rebbe Rashab, was born on 20 Cheshvan 5620 (1860). The Rebbe Rashab established Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch, the Central Chabad Yeshiva system and, in his prolific and profound works, systemized the ideologies, philosophies, and scholastics of Chabad Chassidism. The Rebbe Rashab’s returned his soul to Eden on 2 Nisan 5680 (1920).
Simchat Torah: Rise Up
The most adverse conditions throughout history have resulted in some of the greatest achievements in Jewish scholarship.
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Vayeira: The True You
This world often conveys the message that everyone is damaged at the core. Part four of Samech Vov discusses the essence of the soul and how each one is, in fact, at perfect peace.
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Toldot: The Power of Human Exertion
Who fully grasps a concept, one who immediately comprehends it, or one who must struggle to understand it? Part five of Samech Vov discusses this question, and examines the value of human exertion.
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Vayechi: Warming The Winter
Inspiration alone is not enough, but when it is combined with effort and exertion, one can burst through his constraints and the world will open up for him.
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Bo: The Kav
Learn about the Tzimtzum and the Kav manipulating Divine Light to allow for independent beings and how to direct light via the worlds of Atzilut and Beriah.
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Ki Tissa: From Rome to Jerusalem
One person seems insignificant compared to the whole universe, yet G/d still cares about every detail of His world.
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Vayakhel-Pikudei: Intimate Light
Follow the Divine light from emerging during the Exodus to finding a home in the Temple. The Rebbe Rashab elaborates on the lessons hidden within it.
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Vayikra: The Tzaddik
Based on the insight of the Alter Rebbe and the Rebbe Rashab, the concept of a true tzaddik is explored in the context of the nature of this world.
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Shelach: Jury Duty
Learning Samech Vav while doing jury duty: Living a spiritual life in a material world means engaging and transforming life not just avoidance & insulation.
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Simchat Torah: Bizarre Journeys
Wherever you go, as difficult as the journey may be it is all for a higher purpose: to redeem the Divine sparks that can only be found in that dark place.
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Noach: Raging Waters
Not only are we never given a challenge we cannot overcome, but from Parshat Noach we learn that every challenge brings us to an even greater height.
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Vayeirah: Nurturing
We begin our lives constantly in need of support. As we grow older our parents let go and we learn to walk on our own. Sometimes even adults need a lift.
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Tazria-Metzora: Greater Expectations
Though things seem chaotic and confusing we have the ability to sort everything and find clarity bringing us to greater results than we could’ve imagined.
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Vayigash: The Three Brothers
What the soul achieves in this world is the ability to truly fly; the ability to soar into other dimensions and even beyond heaven itself.
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Vaeirah: Your Life: The Ultimate Journey
For what purpose did your soul come into this world? Discover your collective and individual purpose and gain insight into spiritual existence.
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The Calling of Our Generation
The 20th century experienced some of the worst destruction and greatest advances this world has ever seen. In light of this dynamic globe, what is the purpose of our generation?
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Chayei Sarah: Birth of a Revolution
Is your ultimate purpose self-actualization, the need to express yourself and be “recognized” by others, or is there something more to life?
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Rosh Hashana: New Year 5772
If we only allow ourselves to pull ourselves a bit back and out from our enmeshed lives, we can transcend many of our doubts, and see new opportunities, as an old world gives way to a new one.
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Shemini: A Tale of Two Titanics
Titanic embodied the dangerous overconfidence of an immature generation. A new revolutionary Chassidic treatise, the longest and deepest mystical epic, now teaches the critical need for humility to check our ravenous and all-consuming self-assurance.
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The Third Millennium
In Abraham’s 75th year, a new era opened – the era of Torah. The era of tifferet, of the harmony and synthesis of the Divinely bestowed and humanly earned.
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Netzavim: Centennial of a Revolution
To commemorate the centennial of “samech vov”, written by the Rebbe Rashab, some of the major themes of the work are discussed with a focus on its relevance
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On Feats and Feet
The difference between an ‘intellectual’ and a ‘server’ is the difference between being impressive & getting somewhere, according to the Rebbe Rashab.
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A Brighter Future
Small piece of insight by Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch, the Rebbe Rashab, on the present, future and coming of Moshiach.
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A Tailor in a Stitch: A Rebbe Rashab Story
This Rebbe Rashab story was told by the Rebbe, Cheshvan 20 5737, November 13 1976. A story about learning a lesson in the laws of proper speech at the tailor.
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Hemshech Samech Vov
Hemshech Samech Vov is a series of 61 discourses by The Rebbe Rashab. In this introduction, Rabbi Simon Jacobson explains the concepts of chassidus used by The Rebbe Rashab in Hemshech Samech Vov.
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Biography of the Rebbe Rashab
The Rebbe Rashab authored the most comprehensive documents on mysticism, elegantly outlining the mystical infrastructure and its application to our lives.
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When No is Greater than Yes
Avoiding the wrong thing is better than doing the right thing; protecting is better than serving (Samech Vav) as seen in Parshat Naso and the wilderness.
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To Be Like G-d
Spirituality in and of itself is not enough to satiate the Jewish soul, which seeks a unity with G-d that transcends a mere servant-master relationship.
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To See the Divine
To see the Divine, you learn to savor every sight, every sound, every taste, every touch, every smell.
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Centennial of a New Era: What 1915 Can Teach Us In 2015
A rare opportunity to peer through the eyes of an extraordinary visionary, whose journey mirrored events that forever changed the world in which we live.
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Heartwarming Chassidic Stories and Melodies: Part Two
Be captivated by mesmerizing tales and melodies that will transport you beyond time and space. You will be transformed in unimaginable ways.
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The Transcendent Nature of Songs and Stories
Learn how to communicate from the heart and soul from this short video.
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