Rebbe
“All sevens are precious.” The seventh generation is the culmination of a royal dream.
“I have come to My garden…” With these words, the Rebbe changed the face, heart, and soul of the universe, laying out a plan for us to fulfill our divine purpose here on earth of transforming the wilderness into a divine garden. Born on 11 Nisan 5662 (1902), the Rebbe succeeded his father in law, the Freideker Rebbe, as the sventh Chabad Rebbe on 10 Shvat 1950. The Rebbe empowered every human being to be a Shliach, an ambassador for light and truth. The Rebbe articulated in tens of thousands of talks, discourses, conversations, audiences, and letters the deepest truths of heaven in the most relatable terms of earth. On 3 Tammuz 5754 (1994) the brilliant sun that is the Rebbe was suspended in the heavens.
Gimmel Tammuz: The Silent Sun
Gimmel Tammuz is the day that the Lubavitcher Rebbe passed. It is also the day that Joshua miraculously stopped the sun. Rabbi Simon Jacobson discusses the connection between the two events.
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My Encounter With The Rebbe: The Baseball Game
The Rebbe discussed baseball with a bar-mitzvah boy, and had a lifelong effect.
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Yud Shevat: Meshuga: The Sanity of Insanity
Chapter five of Basi L’Gani offers us a novel and even revolutionary approach to the absurdity of our lives. Instead of just avoiding or ignoring the irrational, transform that mindless mindset into a supra-rational force of transcendence, creating something absolutely unusual — something absolutely crazy. Since you are already in a mad and wild state of mind — turn that wild energy into revolution, changing the status quo.
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Thoughts to Comfort the Bereaved
The Rebbe offers two parallel meditations from which those who are bereaved — who mourn for a dear departed, can take profound comfort.
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Steadfast Faith in the Face of Tragedy
The question of “why do the righteous suffer?” was asked by Moses – emphasizes the Rebbe; but it did not – in any way – affect his simple faith in G-d.
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