Chassidus Perspective

The way Yaakov received the berachos teaches us that we must approach gashmiyus with “deceit.”

Shabbos empowers us to enter the week full of spiritual energy, ready to delve into gashmiyus with the right intent.

Hashem, of course, is unlimited. If He gives a blessing, it surely does not lack anything. Why give a second time?

We learn from Avraham that inviting guests is greater than welcoming Hashem’s presence. But how did Avraham know this?

Torah study must be in the spirit of the preceding berachos, with the recognition that it includes a much deeper dimension.

A Jew and, lehavdil, another person can learn the same Torah text, yet it is two entirely different things.

On Yom Kippur, the day itself atones. Teshuva is still necessary, as it connects the essential nature of the Jew with his conscious faculties, which allows that connection to last beyond Yom Kippur.

When a person learns Chassidus Chabad, one ultimately internalizes even concepts that are above sechel.

R. Levi Yitzchak wasn’t referring to the Tanya’s small number of pages; rather, intellect as a whole is a “small book.”

In order to leave golus sooner, we must recognize what makes it so terrible.

Even when involved in Torah and mitzvos, he is concerned how his actions will be viewed by those around him.

If Mishneh Torah also comes from Hashem, how is it different from the first four sefarim?

Mishneh Torah was not Moshe’s own words; it is the word of Hashem, as it became united with Moshe’s intellect.

Moshe said Mishneh Torah with ruach hakodesh. A similar thing can be said about the tzaddikim and chachmei Yisroel of each generation.

The love of a parent for a child is associated with his very essence. If someone bothers your child, he is bothering you.