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Chabad is a branch of Hassidim that focuses heavily on Chassidus as an intellectual pursuit, and on outreach to nonobservant Jews.

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Source that we are inherently deserving

The question is about the concept not the song. I noticed an interesting difference in the lyrics of two versions of the song "Ribon" by Beri Weber. The original English version contains the ...
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Content of the various sets of Chabad books [duplicate]

I was wondering about the differences between the various sets of Chabad books by the Rebbe, for example, Likkutei sichos vs sefer hasichos vs likkutei sichos parshioyos, sefer maamorim, sefer ...
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Daven b'arichus [duplicate]

I know that in Chabad yeshivas/communities a lot of peoples are davening longer (b'arichus): They are beginning hodu with the minyan and during tefila stopping to concentrate on the word and the ...
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Is it still galut even though a lot of Jews are in Israel

BH Is it still galut even though correct me if I’m wrong most Jews are in Israel? If yes what’s the meaning of Geulah?
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Is it possible to have prophecy and visions from the sitra achra?

BH Is it possible the that the vision the person is receiving coming from a source of impurity or sitra achra or is this just called sitra achra and yetzer hara? Like are there levels to this that is ...
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What are the 7 kefullot in Tanya ch 3

BH What are the 7 keffulot mentioned in Tanya ch 3 page?
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Where do memories come from?

BH Where do Memories come from? I was told that they come from the chochma power of the soul being translated in Bina I believe. Is this true if yes how and where does it talk more about this?
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Are there any potential issues with a Chabad tallis?

In an effort to reclaim some of my original minhagim pre-Chabad, I have started wearing a tallis for Shacharis, despite being unmarried. I like the distinct striping pattern on a Chabad tallis, but I’...
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how can we have more intentions during tefila according to chassidus?

how can we have more kavanos during tfila where can I find the maamorims on the subject of the tefila
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What’s the Chabad psak on Beit Yosef and sinta (sirloin steak) in Israel?

I’m in Israel and most Ashkenazim don’t eat sinta (sirloin steak) but I was wondering if Chabad does.
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How to understand the Union of Zeir Anpin and Malchut in Assiya

BH I understand the world goes through a process of Seder hishtalshelut. So how to understand the union of ZA and Malchut in the world of Assiya? And how does this happen through the Tzimtzum?
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What’s the source for Kiriyat Shma AlHamita prayers as they are written in the Tehilat Hashem siddur?

BH What’s the source for reciting kiriyat Shma Al Hamita which includes additional prayer besides just the shma as they are laid out in Tehilat Hashem sidur? The prayers being Ribono Shel Olam, ...
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What was the Lubavitcher Rebbe's opinion on Maaneh Chochom?

Maaneh Chochom is a book written by Chabad mashpia Reb Yoel Kahn addressing the book Vayoel Moshe by the Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum. I'm not familiar with either texts. I'm just curious to ...
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Repository of the Mittler Rebbe's teachings translation

BH Does anyone known a place of the Mittler Rebbe's works translated to English especially his commentary on Tanach?
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What is the difference between the 5 Gevurot and 5 Chassadim [closed]

I hear these concepts in Chassidus. What is the difference between the 5 Gevurot and 5 Chassadim?
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Parashas Eikev: The Consolation of Exile

The Lubavitcher Rebbe is quoted in explaining that just as the theme of the haftara of this weeks parasha "Eikev" is "redemption", so too is the case with the parasha itself. ...
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Should I study the Tanya?

I want to study the Tanya, as I'm interested in Chabad ideology and thought. I personally wouldn't consider myself Chabad, and I'm only a college student, but I want to expand my knowledge and study ...
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Chabad Tallis vs Chabad Munkatch

Hey recently while shopping for a new Chabad Tallis I found a distinction between the normal Chabad Tallis, the Rashab Chabad Tallis, and the Munkatch Chabad Tallis. I heard the Rashab Tallis is ...
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Minhag chabad during Krias shema al hamita

Does anyone know the source of the custom of reflecting on the Rebbe's face during the krias shema al hamita Someone told me about this "minhag" is there a source for this one. what then ...
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Moshiach will come unexpectedly

The Gemara teaches us that three things come בהיסח הדעת - unexpectedly. One of these three is Moshiach. This is as in that practice of Rabbi Zeira, who, when he would find Sages who were engaging in ...
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Learning discourses of Chabad Rebbes

The Rebbes of Chabad during their own lifetimes published a notable number of books (see p.37 there), such as Tanya, Torah Ohr and Derech Mitzvosecha. These are, I presume, regularly learned by Chabad ...
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Does the Tanya tzadik exist?

Does the Tanya's tzadik really exist nowadays? If yes, why? And who can it be? If no, why? To what extent did the Lubavitcher Rebbe correspond to the Tanya's description of the tzadik?
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Lack of titles for esteemed Lubavitch rabbis

What is the reason for Chabad Lubavitch using very basic titles for great rabbis and scholars. Most Mashpiim in lubavitch yeshivas are simply called "Reb" with no other prefix and usually no ...
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Is there a Biurei Zohar online of the Mittler Rebbe

Does anyone know if there is a Biurei Zohar Copy online of the Mittler Rebbe?
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What does it mean umelubashot be Col Reqieem

In Shaar Yichud ch1 of Tanya he says תיבות ואותיות אלו הן נצבות ועומדות לעולם בתוך רקיע השמים ומלובשות בתוך כל הרקיעים What does it mean umelubashot beToch kol HarekiIm what specifically is clothed ...
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going to israel on vacation

Why didn't the Lubavitcher Rebbe travel to Israel? When someone asked him, he said that if he went to Israel, according to halacha, he couldn't come back to NYC. So, is it forbiden to go on vacation ...
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Chabad Kollel for Frum from birth

does anyone happen to know of any Chabad Kollelim for ffb people? I've been looking and all I can find is morristown but its for BT's. If anyone knows would be much appreciated!
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Why do some versions of the Amidah not have the ו on וקונה הכל?

In the first blessing of the Amidah, there's part that often says וְקוֹנֵה הַכּל ("and creates everything"). It looks like this in many siddurim, e.g. ArtScroll, Lev Shalem, and Mishkan T'...
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Why was Matan Torah dependant of Yisro blessing G-d?

The Lubavitcher Rebbe in Likkutei Sichos (vol. 11, p. 74) quotes the Zohar in saying that if Yisro did not bless G-d and proclaim that G-d is the True One and Only G-d, the Torah wouldn't been given ...
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The reward for the creation of spiritual benefits (Pirkei Avot)

I am reading the wonderful collection of sichos of the Rebbe זי"ע called Torah Studies edited by Rav Jonathan Sacks ז״ל. In the lecture on the parashah of Chayei Sara, the Rebbe says "the ...
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What is Binyan HaMalchut?

The Kuntrus Umayan writes, in discourse 18 chapter 1, that the period between Rosh Hashanna and Yom Kippur is for the preparation for Binyan HaMalchut. What does that mean and how does this work? He ...
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Is using hair remover on a beard prohibited according the Tzemach Tzedek?

Does anyone know if the ban of the Tzemach Tzedek on using scissors to remove beards also applies to depilatory cream? I know that after the Tzemach Tzedek, the other Rebbeims gave other reasons for ...
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The oil and Chanukah: what does it come to teach us?

The basic story of what happened when the Hasmonean monarchy overcame the Greeks, and hence we celebrate Chanukah, can be found in the Gemara in Shabbos 21b: When the Greeks entered the Sanctuary ...
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Bobover Rebbe Shlomo and Lubavitch Yechidus

I read in only one source that the Bobover Rebbe, Reb Shlomo zt”l went to seek guidance from the Freidiker Rebbe, the Rayatz, post holocaust, because he didn’t want to be Rebbe. He purportedly visited ...
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Children of Israel being crowned with the crown of Torah - Messianic Era

The Rambam in his Hilchos Talmud Torah 3:1 says: The crown of Torah is set aside, waiting, and ready for each Jew, as [implied by Deuteronomy 33:4]: "The Torah which Moses commanded us is the ...
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Live until 180 (Chabad)

In chabad circles we often hear the blessing. may you live until 180 years old. What is the source of this Related Why do we say "You should live till 120"?
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Igros Kodesh on Chanukah: advice for during exile

The Lubavitcher Rebbe in Igros Kodesh talks about why the chanukah candle has 8 candles, and the menorah 7. But then, the Rebbe says “from this it is clear that the chanukah candles have a general ...
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The Lubavitcher Rebbe and the name Nimrod

Can anyone help me find the origin of the story recorded here: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson instructed a ba’al teshuvah (returner to Judaism) whose name was Nimrod (נִמְרוֹד; meaning “Let us ...
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A word in print, is for generations after generations. - source of the Rebbe Rayatz

The Lubavitcher Rebbe, in one of his letters (letter no. 184, dated from 7 Shvat, 5705), cites the Rebbe Rayatz (The Tzemach Tzedek) and says: A word spoken is public knowledge; in writing, it is for ...
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Limud HaRambam by all Yidden

Do non-Lubavitchers learn Rambam (any of the cycles divided by the Rebbe)? I know that when the Rebbe launched the campaign he intended that all Yidden join. How did that come about?
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Help finding an article from Hearot u-Veurim in 2013

can anyone help me find an article cited as: R. Chaim Rapoport, “Sipurim Temuhim . . .,” Hearot u-Veurim 33:2 (2013), pp. 55-67 …in note 7 here?
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How did the Lubavitcher Rebbe react to the Crown Heights riot? [closed]

Did he say or write something addressing the event? I guess he wasn't very active at this stage, but he suffered a disabling stroke about a year after the riot so I'm interested to know how he dealt ...
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Why would the Rebbe Rashab lift his hands for al netilas yadayim?

The minhag Chabad by netilas yadayim in the morning is to raise the hands until the peyos for the brocho al netilas yadayim. The source for the minhag is in Likutei Diburim of the previous Lubavitcher ...
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How to identify if a Chabad shul is Meshichist?

How can one discern whether a Chabad shul is Meshichist?
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Chabad Yeshiva Ketana?

Does anyone know a Chabad Yeshiva in Eretz Yisroel for boys aged 15/16 preferably with a summer program? Thanks in advance
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Does anyone have a list of Chabad yeshiva gedolas?

I'm looking for a list of Chabad yeshivas. I need some help compiling it, as I didn't go to a Lubavitch Mesivta.
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Source for story about the Rebbe Maharash

I asked this question to my Rabbi last week and my Rabbi quoted for me an interesting story about the Rebbe Maharash. The story goes as follow (paraphrased): The Rebbe Maharash would have personal ...
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Chabad Chumash difference

I try to understand the difference between two Chumash: Kehot Chumash Synagogue Edition Gutnick Chumash Synagogue Edition What is the main difference and which one is recommended for use by Chabad ...
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Who owns 770 Eastern Parkway? [closed]

Seriously, some gabaim just kicked me out for no valid reason, someone else said that no gabai there has any legal rights to it, so who does actually own it?
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R' Elazar Shach's polemic against Chabad [closed]

There are numerous reports that the late R. Elazar Shach fought a bitter battle against Chabad, even using harsh language in his campaign. If these reports are true, I wonder why this rabbi was so ...
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