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Where does the Radzyner say that Misheyakir is referring to Rambam's shita in Techeilet?
In Pesil Techeiles the Sixth Point (פתיל תכלת פרט הששי) the Radzyner Rebbe cites this Gemara as one of his proofs to the opinion of Rambam that one string is half techeiles and half white. The proof ...
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How many admorim died in the Holocaust?
There's a book (in Hebrew) dedicated to this topic (אדמו"רים שניספו בשואה - מאת מנשה אונגר). If you have access to Otzar HaChochma, the full book is available online here:
Plus a wiki listing ...
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Does the Kotzk dynasty exist today? Is there still a Kotzker rebbe?
The last person to have gone by the title "the Kotzker Rebbe" who carried the title along the direct line of succession from the first Kotzker Rebbe was Rabbi Yitzchak Zelig ...
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Is there definitive breakdown/explanation of the various philosophical differences of Hasidic dynasties?
For a historical work that also dives deep into the divergent philosophies of different Hasidic sages, it is hard to beat Hasidism: A New History by David Biale, David Assaf, Benjamin Brown, Uriel ...
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Does the Kotzk dynasty exist today? Is there still a Kotzker rebbe?
I know this post is old. I am a descendant. The last official "kotzker rebbe" was Reb Dovid Shlomo Morgenstern. He was the oldest son of rebbe yakov menachem mendel Morgenstern the rebbe of ...
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Who wrote Piskei Hasiddur?
The Sefer Piskei Hasiddur was written by Rav Chaim Naeh, and it's based on the writings of the Alter Rebbe. So both statements are true.
As you can see in the picture below, under where it says פסקי ...
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Lighting yizkor and yahrzeit candles for rebbeim
The source of this custom is a letter (From Rosh Chodesh Shvat 5711) of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, where he writes what one should do for the first Yahrtzeit (10 Shevat 5711) of the Previous Lubavitcher ...
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What was the Lubavitcher Rebbe's position on Zionism?
Rabbi Friedman summarised his opinion in a Q&A for teenagers as follows:
The general (admittedly simplified) argument of anti-zionist Chassidim can be traced to the Gemara in Shabbat that states ...
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Igrot Kodesh of the Lubavitcher Rebbe zt'l
The Zohar III 71a (quoted in Maanah Lashon, the traditional text recited at a Tzaddik's Kever) writes:
אמר רבי ייסא בשעתא דאצטריך עלמא למטרא אמאי אזלינן לגביהון דמיתייא והא כתיב
דורש אל המתים ...
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Getting close to G-d by studying sefer Devarim
The ultimate source is Yevamos 4a: "Even according to the one who does not generally derive homiletic interpretations from juxtaposed verses [semuchim], he does derive them from Devarim." ...
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What are the first sources of Tzimtzum
The word "Tzimtzum" does not appear in Sefer Yetzira, as it is a word borrowed (and derived) by the later Kabbalists to explain what the Sefer Yetzira teaches in 1:1:
בשלשים ושתים נתיבות ...
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Ribinitz or Riminitz Rebbe?
They are the same person (Wikipedia suggests both pronunciations.) "Ribnitzer" is more common.
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What is the deeper explanation of this passage in Iggeret Hakodesh (According to true Kabbalah or Chassidic explanation)
In order to keep the length of this answer manageable, the effort will be to stick with the allegory used by the Ramban.
He is comparing the analog, (the intellect שכל (the intellectual aspect of ...
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Is studying Greek culture a sin?
The Gemara in Chagiga 15b asks why did Elisha ben Avuya (aka. Acher) go bad. The Gemara answers that Greek songs never ceased from his mouth,and that when he would get up to leave the bais medrash ...
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The Rebbe as a prophet -- how?
Regarding prophecy, prior to the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash not all prophets were wise men. After the Beis Hamikdash was destroyed only the wise men retained their prophetic inspiration. (See ...
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Did the Lubavitcher Rebbe ever state why he didn't visit Israel?
When someone asked the Baba Sali this question he answered that Mosheh Rabeinu was not able to enter Eretz Yisroel b/c Moshe is compared to the sun and Eretz Yisroel is like the moon and only Yehoshua ...
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Did the late Lubavicher Rebbe consider himself a to be a prophet and/or the mashiach?
One of the answers above mentioned Rabbi David Berger; here is his well-known article: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/berger-rebbe-messiah. In it he presents a lot of the evidence ...
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Daily Rebbe Video
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHSnlLKaXqJADnyFpcgUxVA
This link should take you to the JewishMedia site via You Tube. They are part of Jewish Educational Media, the multi-media arm of Chabad.
If ...
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R' Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev - Story About the Surname "Derbaremdiker"
What is the source for this story?
On page 32 of this booklet it attributes the story to Rav Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, better know as the Piaseczno Rebbe.
And what year did it circulate?
The ...
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What was the Lubavitcher Rebbe's approach to rebuke?
The Rebbe's approach to rebuke is the same approach stated explicitly by the Alter Rebbe in chapter 32 of the Tanya, Likkutei Amarim since he is ממלא מקוםו, like is taught generally by all the Rebbes ...
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Chabad Tallis vs Chabad Munkatch
All Chabad talleisim have a vivid striping pattern, silk corners and headlining, two tzitzis holes on each corner, and no atara.
The Rashab Chabad tallis is so-called because it is a replica of the ...
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Minhag chabad during Krias shema al hamita
There's a concept of remembering the Rebbe and connecting to him by picturing his face or looking at a picture of him. The Rebbe spoke about it with respect to his father-in-law and predecessor, the ...
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What does it mean you are where you think you are
The spiritual worlds aren’t physical, you can’t travel there. Sounds obvious but if so then what does it mean to be a world? Short way of describing it is paradigm of thinking, or your base ...
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Seeking sources that support the view that the Rebbe (R. M. M. Schneerson) is alive
To answer your (unsubstantiated) question, possibly the sicha you are referencing in Shemos is Shemos Chelek 26.
There, the Rebbe says that the leader of the generation (נשיא הדור) needs to be in a ...
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What is with this shvil?
The Shvil or "pathway" is what was created to allow The Rebbe to enter and exit 770 for davening or other times that there was a large crowd and a "pathway" was made for The Rebbe ...
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Basis for Hassidut
The first part of your question is:
Is hassidut based on the canonical Jewish texts (Tanakh, Mishna,
Midrash, Gemara)?
The truth is that question is at the very heart of the debate over the validity ...
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Halachic dispute over 'Geshtuppte Ganz' (Goose Liver) - Stuffed-goose dish
The Seforim Blog has an article discussing it.
Rabbi Dovid Cohen who is the
Administrative Rabbinic Coordinator of the CRC of Chicago has a shiur on this topic here. (It's part of a longer series of ...
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Bobover Rebbe Shlomo and Lubavitch Yechidus
It is extremely unlikely that the Bobover Rebbe ever had a period of seriously no longer wanting to be the Rebbe only to be convinced otherwise by the Rayatz.
Rav Moshe Sherer was not a Bobover ...
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