dira betachtonim

25:05

Kedoshim

Would You Rather Be Rich or Go to Heaven?

The mitzvah of orlah, not eating the fruit of a tree for the first three years has an element which is difficult to understand. For …

1:43:39

Mystical Concepts

The Body and Soul of Judaism

What's more important--soul or body, spiritual or material? The answer lies in the paradox embodied by the Hebrew month of Sivan, the third month of …

59:35

Basi LeGani 5711

Lesson 1

Text-based study of the Lubavitcher Rebbe's inaugural discourse. Lesson 1 of 4, this class covers chapter one of the text.

38:32

Basi LeGani 5711

Lesson 2

Chapters 2-3 of the discourse.

45:09

Basi LeGani 5711

Lesson 3

Chapters 4-5 of the discourse.

47:50

Basi LeGani 5711

Lesson 4

Chapters 6-9 of the discourse.

50:03

chapter 33

Rejoicing in Our Purpose

One method for attaining joy is by contemplating G-d's absolute Oneness, meaning that even in this world, He is present. By doing so, we actually …

53:10

chapter 34

The Soul's Joy and Body's Tears

Another method for attaining joy is by considering the fact that since the destruction of the Temple, "The Holy One has no other sanctuary in …

23:56

Shlach

G-d's Drink

Why are the libation offerings discussed immediately after the debacle of the spies? Why did R' Yochanan say that anyone who says Shema without tefilin …

47:48

chapter 36

The Purpose of Creation

The purpose of all creation is that there be this physical world, the place of ultimate concealment, where G-d desires to be revealed most of …

55:03

chapter 37

Perfecting the World Through Mitzvos

The process through which the physical world is transformed into the place where G-d's Essence will be revealed, is the physical performance of mitzvos using …

47:27

Shlach

Life is Like a Grape

Why do we have to know that the mission of the Spies took place "in the days of the ripening of the grapes"? What eternal …