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Hashgacha question - why does Hashem influence the nations to chastise us, in order for us to do Teshuva?
What is the explanation that in many cases the Tanakh speaks about nations (e.g. Aram) that Hashem sends to chastise the Jewish nation? It implies that Hashem is able to influence pagan nations, but ...
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Is there a video or audio lesson explaining the Mittler Rebbe's Sharei Emunah?
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Does anyone know if there a video or audio lesson explaining the Mittler Rebbe's Sharei Emunah, the first book in Torah Mitzvah Ve Torah Or?
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What is Omek Rom and omek Tachat in Chassidus
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What is omek Rom and omek tachat in Chassidus how are both connected?
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The Holy Water of the Sotah: what does it symbolize?
The Sotah (the woman suspected of marital infidelity), was instructed to drink the bitter waters (Bamidbar, chapter 5) as a consequence for her behaviour.
And the priest shall bring her near, and set ...
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Avraham going down to Mitzrayim: contradiction between the Satmar Rav and Noam Elimelech
The Noam Elimelech teaches us that Avraham Avinu went down to Mitzrayim to "influence" the wicked in his generation. In order to do this, a tzaddik sometimes needs to "descend to a ...
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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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Arvei Nachal Translation
Does anyone know if there is a published English or Spanish translation of the sefer Arvei Nachal by Rabbi David Shlomo Eibshitz?
Thanks!
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The teaching of the Baal Shem Tov: Healing and Vayikra El Moshe
On the words "ויקרא אל משה וידבר ה' אליו מאהל מועד לאמר" - And the L-rd called to Moshe, and spoke to him out of the Tent of Meeting, saying (Vayikra 1:1), the Baal Shem Tov writes that all ...
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Our inner flame of Torah and the Rama
The posuk in parashas Tzav writes:
and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning in it.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe in Likkutei Sichos (Vol. 1, p. 217; parashas Tzav) explains that the Torah we study ...
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Comparisons between life in Eden and life in the wilderness
I'm looking for sources comparing the Israelites' life in the wilderness to life in Eden.
The Chassidic understanding of the sin of the m'raglim is that they wanted to continue their wholly spiritual ...
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Looking for an easy to read chassidic commentary on the Torah
I'm looking for an easy to read chassidic comentary on the Torah. I'm looking for a single commentary. Iwas considering to buy Imrei Noam by the Dzikov rebbe, but I'm not sure if it is easy to read.
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Yesh Me'Ayin - A transformation from a state of ‘nothing’ to ‘something’
Recently I came across this teaching from Chassidic or Kabalistic works which apparently has something to do with our 'task' in this world:
Hayom Yom: Tackling Life's Tasks;
Translated from the ...
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Rule of first occurrence?
Searching online I came across a nice article which wrote: link
It is a teaching of Chassidic thought (the only source I have for this
is Shlomo Carlebach!) that the first occurrence of a certain ...
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a non halachic pirush on maseches kelim
I recall once having seen a pirush on maseches kelim from a kabalah - chasidus viewpoint, and i since cant recall the name of the sefer or who wrote it, any ideas?
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