Questions tagged [chabad]
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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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 comes it 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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Translation request of Likkutei Sichot
I do not know if I am allowed to ask this, but is there someone who can help me to translate the following teaching of the Lubavitcher Rebbe in his Likkutei Sichos, Shavuos on the topic "the last ...
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How would Beis Din rule in the Aguch v Gourary Case (Didan Natzach)? [closed]
In the case of the Chabad library case (Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States, v Gourary) a US federal court ruled that the (Previous) Rebbe's books belong to the Chabad community and not his ...
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Naso - portion divsion
The Chabad Chumash we use has The first portion of Naso to be from 4:21-28. Other Chumash I have (such as the Stone version) have it as 4:21-37. Other random places I look agree with this latter ...
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Source for story of how Lubavitcher Rebbe returned a letter with all the "I"s circled
I have heard the following story, where the "sage" in question was the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and am trying to track down a more authoritative source. So far the only written reference I have ...
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Source for story about origins of Chayei Adam
I recently heard a story that when the Vilna Gaon found out that the Alter Rebbe made his own Shulchan Aruch (Shulchan Aruch HaRav), he told his relative (through marriage) Rav Avraham Danzig to write ...
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Learning How to Lein, Chabad-style
I have trouble picking up tunes, and therefore I have never been able to catch how to lein. I have listened to a few Torah reading tutorial tapes, listened to the Chabad cantillation tune many time, ...
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Ideal time to say the Daily Nasi
It is the custom of some to say the Daily Nasi on the first 13 days of the month of Nissan. Is there any ideal time of day to day this?
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Why is the final Heh in Ha'Shem's name different in K'thav Chabad/Alter-Rebbe?
Now I'm no Sofer by any means, although I do have a strong interest in the different Hebrew calligraphic traditions. All of which I find extremely beautiful in their own way.
While studying the style ...
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History of Chabad Moshiach flag
I'm working up a presentation on flags in our history, and I need information on the unofficial but commonly displayed Chabad Moshiach flag. Does anyone know when and where it was first flown, and ...
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Did Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson say that the souls of non-Jews are from the Satan?
According to the book "Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel" by Israel Shahak the Lubavitcher Rebbe allegedly said in the 1965 book "Gatherings of Conversations" (Probably mean "...
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Is the book 'Gatherings of Conversations', containing transcriptions of speeches by Rebbe M.M. Shneerson, available anywhere?
From 'Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel' by I. Shahak and N. Mezvinsky we read ...
"The ideas of Rabbi Schneerson that appear below are taken from a book of his recorded
messages to followers in Israel,...
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Chabad adding word KODESH to Shabbat Candle blessing
Chabad adds the word "kodesh" to the Shabbat candle blessing. In Shulchan Aruch HaRav RSZ has the standard, regular blessing, but the Siddur is later, so they follow that. But, my REAL question is: ...
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Why is only Chabad very into Moshiach?
I'm only familiar with Judaism through chabad so I may not know how it is in other communities, but from what I've heard and seen, it seems that other sects and flavors of Judaism shun Chabad because ...
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Question and answer sefer for shluchim
I remember hearing about a question and answer sefer that is written for Chabad Shulchim. It deals with various unique questions and answers that many shluchim will encounter during their shlichus. ...
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How does one put on a Gartel according to the Ashkenazi tradition? [duplicate]
I go to a Chabad synagogue where everyone wears black belts called gartels. When I went on a Chasidic tour to Williamsbourg I bought a black Gartel. Now that Yom Kippur is on its way I have bought a ...
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Different blessing when lighting candles on Rosh Hashanah
On every holiday the blessing for candle lighting is "lehadlik ner shel Yom Tov".
Why, according to Chabad custom, specifically on Rosh Hashanah there is a distinction made and the blessing is "...
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Can a Reform Ger participate in Chabad programming?
My family has been invited to participate in Chabad programming. I know that the Orthodox do not consider me to be Jewish as I am a Reform convert, but my wife and daughter are Jews through ...
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Laying tefillin in kiruv
From what I've seen, when groups like Chabbad get otd Jews to wear tefillin, they don't have them make birkot hatorah (or any of the birkot hashachar). Perhaps they're just relying on the Ashkenazi ...
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Yahrzeit is most auspicious (source)
An ad, IIRC sponsored by Chabad, in a Jewish magazine (Ami) reads:
Chazal teach us that the day of a tzadik’s yahrtzeit is a most auspicious day, a יום סגולה ועת רצון, to connect with the tzadik, ...
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Jewish Views of the Tanya outside the Chabad movement
Do non-Hasidic (i.e., Litvak/Yeshivish) and Hasidic dynasties other than Chabad (i.e., Satmar, Ger, Bobov, Breslov, etc.) ever study the Tanya?
And have their leaders ever commented on the Tanya ...
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How do Chaba"d shluchim size tefillin shel Rosh for everyone?
I see many Chaba"d shluchim have Jews put in tefillin. Wonderful work their doing. However, I read this in Aruch Hashulchan O.C. 27:20:
ומקום הנחת תפילין של ראש מהתחלת עיקרי השיער שעל המצח עד סוף ...
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Chabad, Prayer, and Corporeality of Hashem
Statement of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, regarding 'betten' (beseeching) the Rebbe [quoted here]:
“It is not possible to ask a question about a [Rebbe being a]
go-between, since this is G-d Himself, ...
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Parnassah and Marriage: Rambam vs. The Lubavitcher Rebbe
Reading Rambam's Mishneh Torah, Human Dispositions 5:11, we stumble upon the following opinion:
The way of sensible people: A man should first select a permanent vocation out of which to derive a ...
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Which Black Fedora fits Chabad?
Recently I've decided that I want to start wearing a double covering for when I daven. I believe that it would thus be best that I get myself a black fedora, however I don't know which to get.
Are ...
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Do you have to be a Chabadnick to follow the Shulchan Aruch Harav?
If I'm a bred and born ashkenazic male, who's been taught to follow the Mishna Brurahs Psakim all his life. Would it be significantly different to follow more or less by the Shulchan Aruch Harav? ...
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Is the Tanya only for those that are a Benoni?
What about those that want to get from the level of Rasha to Beinoni, is there a book for that?
It is called Sefer shel Beinini and the few things I've read in it seem to be instructions directed for ...
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Why is chabad not worried about putting their head down when saying "l'david" when the Zohar says its dangerous?
Why is it Chabad's minhag to put their head down when saying "L'david" when the Zohar says its dangerous to "fall on ones face" when reciting it?
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