Sichos In English

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• Publisher's Foreword

• Rosh HaShanah blessings

• Torah study as being both above, and yet relating to, the limits of time

• The connection between happiness and the holiday of Sukkos

• The connection between Jewish unity and the holiday of Sukkos

• An explanation of the phrase: "Yeshua, the sublime minister of the interior"; an explanation of a statement in Sefer HaMaamarim [Yiddish], p. 216: With regard to his emotional qualities, Rav Nosson conducted himself "according to the [letter of] Torah law, not making any concessions [as would have been dictated by] the attribute of piety"

• The proper time for the recitation of Kaddish for a person whose body was shipped to Eretz Yisrael and thus buried many days after his passing

• The customs pertaining to the observance of a yahrzeit when the day of the person's passing is not known

• A request for information regarding the Rebbe Rashab's guidelines for the construction of a mikveh and other matters

• Guidelines for the construction of a mikveh

• Comments regarding programs for adult education in Eretz Yisrael

• Explanations concerning the marginal notes in Tanya

• Explanations regarding the custom of eating an apple dipped in honey on Rosh HaShanah, the prohibition against eating milk products on the day before Yom Kippur, and the duration of the intervals required for the recitation of a new blessing with regard to wearing a tallis, wearing tefillin, eating in a sukkah, and smelling a pleasant fragrance

• The importance of studying the teachings of the Rebbe Rayatz communally

• Instructions regarding the construction of a mikveh

• An explanation of the Rebbe Rayatz's statement: "Chassidus involves bringing order into that which is in disorder and making order from chaos"; private notes to certain individuals

• The connection between the quality of peace and the Priestly Blessings

• The importance of spreading the study of the teachings of Chassidus

• Further discussion concerning the intervals requiring the recitation of a new blessing with regard to wearing a tallis, wearing tefillin, eating in a sukkah, and smelling a pleasant fragrance; why only one blessing each day is sufficient for Torah study

• A discussion of the Rebbe Rashab's guidelines for the construction of a mikveh

• The importance of devoting energy to educating Lubavitch girls

• A discussion of the different opinions regarding the order of the lighting of the lamps of the Menorah in the Beis HaMikdash

• Educational programs for immigrant youth in Eretz Yisrael; directives regarding fundraising

• The importance of studying the teachings of the Rebbe Rayatz; explanations regarding the source for the custom of Hakkafos; the containers in which meal-offerings were brought; the possibility of seeing an elephant pass through a needle hole in one's dreams

• Sharing the kuntreisim published by Kehot

• An excerpt from the first letter written by the Rebbe after the passing of the Rebbe Rayatz; maintaining a connection with the Rebbe Rayatz by studying his maamarim, sichos and letters, and by thinking deeply about the directives he gave

• Instructions concerning beginning shlichus in North Africa and the establishment of educational programs for Jewish children there

• Proceeding in the activities of the Rebbe Rayatz despite the difficulty arising from his passing; an emphasis on ahavas Yisrael

• An emphasis on acting in the spirit of the directives of the Rebbe Rayatz to maintain one's connection with him

• An explanation of the Alter Rebbe's words of consolation in Tanya, Iggeres HaKodesh, Epistle 27; ways to maintain a bond with the Rebbe Rayatz

• Carrying out a wedding amidst rejoicing despite the passing of the Rebbe Rayatz

• Maintaining bonds of love with the Rebbe Rayatz

• Resolving questions regarding one's future through discussion with three good friends

• A request that chassidim distinguish themselves through positive conduct in all aspects of life; notes to private individuals

• Appreciation for condolence wishes offered after the passing of the Rebbe Rayatz

• Instructions concerning beginning shlichus in North Africa and the establishment of educational programs for Jewish children there; the connection between shlichus activity and the analogy given by the Rebbe Rayatz in the series of maamarim entitled Basi LeGani concerning a king who "squanders all his cherished treasure-stores"

• Instructions concerning beginning shlichus in North Africa

• Reinforcing one's hiskashrus to the Rebbe Rayatz 71

• Serving as a positive influence for others

• Seeking funds for the educational activities in France and North Africa

• Instructions concerning beginning shlichus in North Africa

• The significance of Beis Nissan

• Explanation of the statement in the series of maamarim entitled Basi LeGani that "the treasure-stores are distributed [specifically] through the officers…, but the inner intent is that [they reach] the ordinary soldiers through whom the victory will actually come"; the need for each person to act as both an officer and an ordinary soldier

• Beis Nissan as the first Shabbos of Creation, a day when there was no darkness; the connection between that concept and pnimiyus haTorah; private notes to certain individuals

• A response to a chassid who had asked that the Rebbe accept leadership of the chassidic movement; an explanation of the statement of the Zohar III, p. 145b, that an unmarried priest is forbidden to perform any service in the Beis HaMikdash

• Maintaining a bond with the Rebbe Rayatz

• Instructions concerning beginning shlichus in North Africa; the importance of the quality of eagerness

• Instructions concerning beginning shlichus in North Africa

• The importance of being alive spiritually and conveying that vitality to others; a private note stating, "When there is doubt how to conduct oneself, if you will stand firm in your connection to [the Rebbe Rayatz], the Rebbe will find a way to answer you"

• Reaching out to others, because "every individual is a multitude"; a private note to a certain individual

• A gift for a groom

• Maintaining a connection with the Rebbe Rayatz

• Blessings for the Pesach holiday

• The importance of studying the teachings of the Rebbe Rayatz so that he can dwell in two worlds — the World-to-Come and this world — simultaneously; private notes to certain individuals

• Instructions concerning beginning shlichus in North Africa and other communal activities

• Advice to a young man to accept a role in outreach activities

• The connection of the Menuchin family to the Lubavitch Rebbeim

• Not eating before going to the gravesite of a tzaddik

• The Lubavitch custom of using esrogim from Calabria

• Rising to a personal challenge; the assistance a bond with the Rebbe Rayatz grants in enabling a person to elevate himself

• The importance of public study sessions for the study of Chassidus

• Blessings for health

• Advice for a person suffering from emotional volatility; the need to be content with one's material portion and to strive harder spiritually despite hardships

• Blessings to a young man on his birthday

• The lesson of the Counting of the Omer:that time is precious

• The concept of "days of discernment" as it applies to the appreciation of the new energy granted by the passing of the Rebbe Rayatz; private notes to certain individuals

• The need for those who understand the Rebbe's teachings to explain their content to others

• The transition undergone as spiritual influence passes into Malchus of Atzilus and from Malchus to the worlds below it; discerning the influence of the passing of the Rebbe Rayatz

• The significance of Lag BaOmer; spreading the teachings of the Zohar as a catalyst for redemption

• Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai's contribution in opening the channels for the revelation of the Torah's mystic secrets

• Blessings for a chassid to perpetuate the activities of the Rebbe Rayatz

• The importance of physical health; the need to heed a doctor's directives

• Blessings for physical health

• Instructions concerning beginning shlichus in North Africa and other communal activities

• Blessings for the purchase of a home

• Blessings for a chassid who desired to immigrate to Eretz Yisrael

• Birthday blessings for a young man

• Advice to a chassid concerning establishing himself in business

• A letter of condolence to a kabbalist whose sister passed away

• A Shavuos message, quoted heavily from the words of the Rebbe Rayatz

• An analysis of the obligation of Torah study and the effect of that study on a person; studying a Rebbe's teachings as a means of binding to him; private notes to certain individuals

• The use of the expression zol gezunt zain with regard to the Rebbe Rayatz; the Rebbe's unwillingness to accept the nesius

• Instructions concerning the establishment of a teachers' seminary

• Spreading the study of the teachings of Chassidus

• Advice regarding the establishment of an educational institution in Yemen

• Parallels in our Divine service to the four qualities mentioned in Avos 5:20

• Responding to the needs of flood victims in Winnipeg

• Instructions concerning beginning shlichus in North Africa and the establishment of educational programs for Jewish children there

• Taking action rather than worrying over difficulties

• Instructions concerning beginning shlichus in North Africa and the establishment of educational programs for Jewish children there

• Assurance that the Rebbe Rayatz's blessings will bear fruit

• Short notes critiquing a biography of the Baal Shem Tov

• Blessings and suggestions for the establishment of the yeshivah in Sheparton, Australia

• Encouragement to continue following the path of the Rebbe Rayatz, particularly by studying his teachings; private notes to certain individuals

• Advice for a woman for whom conception is dangerous

• The importance of spreading Jewish practice and Jewish education in the immigrant camps after the Holocaust

• The effect of the blessings of the Rebbe Rayatz even after his passing

• The importance of following a doctor's advice

• An invitation to participate in a meeting on behalf of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch

• A series of directives to the Rabbi of Kfar Chabad; blessings for his seventieth birthday

• Instructions to a shliach regarding certain matters

• Blessings for a wedding; choosing the time for a wedding; putting on Rabbeinu Tam's tefillin

• Bonding to the Rebbe Rayatz by accepting a portion of the financial responsibility for the institutions, Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, Machneh Israel, and Kehot, the support of which the Rebbe Rayatz had taken upon himself

• The vital importance of establishing educational programs for immigrant children in Eretz Yisrael and for Jewish children in the United States

• Instructions concerning the establishment of educational programs for Jewish children in North Africa

• The definition of the uniqueness of a Rebbe as a Nasi, a comprehensive soul who takes responsibility for the entire Jewish people, and from whom each individual soul derives nurture

• The Haftorah to be read when Rosh Chodesh Av falls on Shabbos

• Spreading the teachings associated with Yud-Beis Tammuz outward, even to those who "merely bear the name 'Jew'"; a private note to a given person

• Continuing one's activities as they were performed during the lifetime of the Rebbe Rayatz

• Birthday blessings for a young man

• The need to "remember that we are the Rebbe's men and ask ourselves the questions: Is the Rebbe happy with the manner in which I am conducting myself? Have I subjugated and transformed [my character] to the extent appropriate for the Rebbe's man;" the need for patient and brotherly acceptance of all people

• Blessings for Yud-Beis Tammuz; advice to a chassid not to spend time improving his knowledge of English

• Thankful acknowledgment of a Rabbi's efforts to assist the Lubavitch educational efforts in North Africa; the positive nature of the virtue of eagerness; catalysts to hasten Mashiach's coming; giving tzedakah at night

• Not to be discouraged when it appears that one's efforts with others are apparently having only minimal effects

• A chassid's efforts to bind himself with the Rebbe Rayatz as a medium for blessing and success

• Guidance for a chassid regarding the purchase of a home

• The importance of using the summer as a time for "strengthening the body," and "strengthening the soul"

• Encouragement for efforts to improve the Jewish education of immigrant children in Eretz Yisrael

• Blessings for health; questions regarding a woman's conduct during pregnancy

• Bonding to the Rebbe Rayatz by studying his teachings and establishing communal study sessions

• Birthday blessings to a chassid; the importance of putting on Rabbeinu Tam's tefillin;the importance of reciting the kapitle of the Rebbe Rayatz

• The importance of proudly publicizing one's Lubavitch connection

• Bar-mitzvah blessings

• The Rebbe Rayatz as a continuous source of blessing; the establishment of local committees for Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch and Machneh Israel

• Advice to a chassid who states that he feels alone

• The positive forces that are active within creation

• Advice to a chassid regarding a means to earn a livelihood; a charge to persevere in the mission entrusted to him by the Rebbe Rayatz

• Advice concerning the publication of a collection of frequently recurring matters of Jewish Law; the difference between the embracing approach of Lubavitch and the insular approach of certain other Chassidic groups; the establishment of a communal Jewish school in Montreal

• Blessings for a chassid; the importance of studying the teachings of the Rebbe Rayatz and reciting his kapitle of Tehillim

• Advice to a chassid regarding his future

• Guidance and blessings for health

• Blessings for the establishment of a local committee for strengthening Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, Machne Israel, and Kehot

• Blessings for the establishment of a local committee for strengthening Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, Machne Israel, and Kehot; how participation in these activities represents the highest level of connection to the Rebbe Rayatz

• Birthday for a youth

• Advice to a chassid not to deviate from the directives given him by the Rebbe Rayatz

• Blessings for a chassid; the adage "Think positively and the outcome will be good"

• Blessings for a chassid; reciting the kapitle of the Rebbe Rayatz

• Three reasons for persevering in happiness

• The importance of continued work with oneself

• Wedding blessings; studying the teachings of the Rebbe Rayatz and reciting his kapitle as a conduit for blessing

• Birthday blessings

• Personal advice to a chassid

• Blessings for finding a shidduch;"our dross is better than their finest"

• An emendation of the sichah of Yud-Beis Tammuz: the contrast between the order of prominence of one's father vs. one's teacher with regard to returning a lost object and acknowledging a miracle; the prohibition against a husband touching his wife while she is in the niddah state

• The importance of ensuring kosher Jewish education for children in Morocco, including after they emigrate to other countries

• An explanation of the teaching that "When saying: 'and all the varieties of its produce for good' [in Shemoneh Esreh],we should have in mind the wheat used for shemurah [matzah] and the four species for Sukkos"

• Collections for maamad

• Using one's stay in the DP camps for spreading the teachings of Chassidus

• How taking part in the financial responsibility for Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, Machne Israel, and Kehot is an act of bonding to the Rebbe Rayatz

• How studying the teachings of the Rebbe Rayatz is a medium for success and health

• Advice concerning a shidduch

• A request for information concerning the Rebbe's father, R. Levi Yitzchak Schneerson

• That involvement in working on behalf of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, Machne [Israel], and Kehot should not cause a diminishment of one's efforts on behalf of other matters of Jewish education and strengthening Yiddishkeit; the need not to be extreme

• A response to a request for blessings; the possibility for the existence of an infinite number of spiritual worlds

• A request to procure manuscripts of chassidic texts

• Blessings for a woman for pregnancy; trust in the blessings of the Rebbe Rayatz as a catalyst for their fulfillment

• The influence of a person's friends on his conduct; the need for each person to serve as an active source of positive influence

• Study of the teachings of the Rebbe Rayatz as a medium to encourage the fulfillment of his blessings

• The distinction between creation at its outset and the renewal of the existing creation; analogies to illustrate how limitation is brought into being from G-d's infinite power

• Guidance to one of the Rebbe's shluchim

• Guidance to the Rav of Kfar Chabad

• Guidelines when requesting blessings for health; a request to commit adages heard from the Rebbeim to writing

• Advice to a chassid to accept a shlichus position in North Africa

• Blessings and guidance for a boy's recovery

• Blessings for health

• Encouragement for chassidim to accept a voluntary monthly tax on behalf of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, Machne [Israel], and Kehot

• A request for manuscripts of chassidic discourses

• An explanation of the statement in Likkutei Torah, Parshas Shelach, that the purification of a niddah and a zavah require "living water"