Classes

The Life of the Alter Rebbe – Class 19

Class Nineteen. The Arrest, he escapes returns, is taken. Shabbos on the side of the road.

The Life of the Alter Rebbe – Class 03

Class Three. His Upsherenish, his moving to Lubavitch, Reb Yosef and Reb Yissochar Ber of Lubavitch, his genius. In 5560 he marries Rebbetzin Sterna, the daughter of the Nagid Reb Yehuda Leib Segal and relocates to Vitebsk. What he does with his dowry and what he expects his talmidim to do. His daughter Fraida.

The Life of the Alter Rebbe – Class 02

Class Two. Reb Boruch and Rebbetzin Rivka’s engagement and marriage. The child is slow in coming. A Neshama Chadasha takes 24 months. What to do when the child is born. The celebration of 18 Elul 5505, the Ba’al Shem Tov’s birthday and the Alter Rebbe’s birth. That Tishrei was entirely joyous. The various instructions of…

The Life of the Alter Rebbe – Class 01

Class One. The Alter Rebbe’s illustrious ancestry, the seventh generation from the MahaRaL of Prague. The family emigrated eastward where the Yiddishkiet was stronger. Reb Schneer Zalman, the Alter Rebbe’s father’s father chose to be a Melamed; his wife Rochel and her origins. Their two children Reb Boruch and Devorah Leah. When their parents die…

The Life of the Alter Rebbe – Class 15

Class Fifteen. The year 5552. The Kitrug, Shavuos, Devorah Leah and her sacrifice. Rosh Hashana 5553, The Levaya and the Tzemach Tzedek.

The Life of the Alter Rebbe – Class 11

Class Eleven, Chabad (2) Torah in ChaBaD vs. ChaGaS. internal vs. external fire.

The Life of the Alter Rebbe – Class 14

Class Fourteen. 5542-3: The meeting and Vohlin. The Alter Rebbe is severely criticized by his fellow Talmidei HaMaggid and is deeply hurt by it. He reacts by doing more to spread Chassidus. Reb Levi Yitzchok Barditchiver’s story. His ouster from Pinsk. The visit to the Alter Rebbe , His refusal to participate in the Cherem….

The Life of the Alter Rebbe – Class 13

Class Thirteen, Chabad (4). This class is missing, sorry.

The Life of the Alter Rebbe – Class 12

A series of classes on the life of the Alter Rebbe given at Yeshivas Chovevai Torah, beginning in Adar 5773/2013. Class Twelve, Chabad (3). More on ChaBaD and Poilin. Shirayim Shalom, Torah difference.

The Life of the Alter Rebbe – Class 10

Class Ten, Chabad (1) This class introduces our discussion of what ChaBaD Chassidus is. It is the idea of Chassidus in a Pnimyus (internalized way).