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18th of Elul, 5710 [1950]
"Man possesses a body and а soul. And just as there is material poverty (in food, clothing and shelter), so there is spiritual poverty, where the deficiency is in spiritual things..."
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18th of Elul 5712 [1952]
The call of the Mitzva of Hakhel: The education of Jewish children and support of Torah-true educational institutions.
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First Day of Selichoth 5713 [1953]
It is significant that the anniversary of the Creation is not celebrated on the first day of Creation, but on the sixth, the day when Man was created.
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The Rebbe's Rosh Hashanah Message for 5715 (1955)
On Rosh Hashanah man stands not only before the Divine Judgment, but also before his own.
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The Rebbe's Rosh Hashanah Message for 5716 (1956)
Everyone has the ability to make the coming year, a year of very great accomplishments indeed, and G-d, “who desires repentance,” helps to carry out such determined resolutions.
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25th of Elul, 5719 [1959]
Needless to say, before a man sets out to conquer the world, he must first conquer himself, through the subjugation of the "earthly" and "beastly" in his own nature...
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Pre–Rosh Hashanah 5726 [1965]
Every day we have the Sabbatical elements—prayer, Torah study, mitzvot—and the mundane aspects. Are these two elements of the day mutually exclusive?
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In The Days of Selichot, 5728 [1968]
Trends towards ideological independence can even become an asset in one’s submission to G-d, as it will have a more profound and lasting impact.
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Pre-Rosh Hashanah 5769 [1968]
On Rosh Hashanah, we reiterate our commitment to G-d as our king. But isn't kingship a metaphor whose time has passed?
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Pre-Rosh Hashsanah 5730 [1969]
Rosh Hashana means the beginning (head) of the year (creation). If so, why is it celebrated on the anniversary of the sixth day of creation and not on the first?
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18th of Elul, 5732 [1972]
Explore the deeper essence of Rosh Hashanah on Shabbos: a dance between unity and diversity, material and spiritual.
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18th of Elul, 5733 [1973]
Rosh Hashanah teaches and reminds every individual about the tremendous powers which have been vested in him.
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6th of Tishrei, 5734 [1973]
The mitzvah of Hakhel reminds us that wherever Jews are, and however dispersed they may be, each one remains an integral part of the Hakhel-people, the one people.
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18th Elul 5735 [1975]
If man is G‑d’s honored “guest” who finds everything ready and prepared for him, how can he at the same time be a “servant” who has to serve G‑d constantly, and in a manner of real effort [“toil”]?
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A Message of Teshuvah
A person might also become disheartened wondering how is one to fulfill adequately one’s real purpose in life on this earth, seeing that most of one’s time is taken up with eating and drinking, sleeping, earning a livelihood, etc . . .
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18th of Elul, 5739 [1979]
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18th of Elul, 5739 [1979]
Although Shemittah is primarily connected with the holiness of the land of Israel, where the laws of Shemittah are in force, it has been explained on many occasions that a Jew, wherever he is, is expected in his everyday life, especially in his spiritual life, to transform his environment—his home as well as his surroundings—into a (spiritual) “Land of Israel.”
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6th of Tishrei, 5740 [1979]
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6th of Tishrei, 5740 [1979]
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Coming after the Shemitah year—when Jewish farmers leave the fields and study Torah—Hakhel is an opportunity to unite and gain inspiration for the six years of work that follow.
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We see from experience that a person can lift and carry a much larger load when carrying it together with another.
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Between Yom Kippur and Succos, 5741 [1980]
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11th of Tishrei, 5742 [1981]
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17th of Elul, 5743 [1983]
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