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Heaven On Earth: Reflections on the Theology of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe
In Heaven on Earth, Rabbi Faitel Levin draws on the writings of the Lubavitch movement’s late leader Rabbi Menachem M. Schnneerson to reframe divergent expressions as the product of one coherent, revolutionary theology. Through a concept termed "dirah betachtonim" (lit. "A dwelling place in the lower realms"), Rabbi Levin explains how physicality is the essence of G-d. Unlike previous Jewish approaches to G-d, dirah betachtonim brings G-d into the here and now without having to transcend physical limitations. "The physical is actually the essence of G-d", writes Rabbi Levin "not because the physical serves as a spring board for the spiritual, nor because one learns to find some redeeming feature, some transcendent dimension in the physical. No, physicality itself provides the ultimate mystical encounter." Countering centuries of religious thought, Heaven on Earth presents a system where the corporeal body is seen not as an enemy, but a friend. By summarizing Jewish sources through a careful analysis of material buried within the Talmud, kabbalah, and early Chassidic teachings, Rabbi Levin demonstrates that the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s approach truly represents a fundamental shift in emphasis. It moves beyond the kabbalistic mystical worlds that chart the Godhead with triangles and diagrams. Instead, the reader is brought into a vision where true accomplishment lies in one’s most worldly actions. Other topics discussed are how dirah betachtonim coincides with Jewish observance and the nature of man and woman. Additionally, a full chapter is devoted to explaining how this concept shaped Lubavitch’s full spectrum of religious and social programs. Scholarly, comprehensive, and approachable, Heaven on Earth reveals how the Lubavitcher Rebbe revolutionized Jewish theology and exposed the Divine within what at first appeared to be just skin deep..
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Rescued from the Reich: How One of Hitler's Soldiers Saved the Lubavitcher Rebbe
When Hitler invaded Warsaw in the fall of 1939, hundreds of thousands of civilians—many of them Jewish—were trapped in the besieged city. The Rebbe Joseph Schneersohn, the leader of the ultra-orthodox Lubavitcher Jews, was among them. Followers throughout the world were filled with anguish, unable to confirm whether he was alive or dead. Working with officials in the United States government, a group of American Jews initiated what would ultimately become one of the strangest—and most miraculous—rescues of World War II. The escape of Rebbe Schneersohn from Warsaw has been the subject of speculation for decades. Historian Bryan Mark Rigg has now uncovered the true story of the rescue, which was propelled by a secret collaboration between American officials and leaders of German military intelligence. Amid the fog of war, a small group of dedicated German soldiers located the Rebbe and protected him from suspicious Nazis as they fled the city together. During the course of the mission, the Rebbe learned the shocking truth about the leader of the rescue operation, the decorated Wehrmacht soldier Ernst Bloch: he was himself half-Jewish, and a victim of the rising tide of German antisemitism. A harrowing story about identity and moral responsibility, Rescued from the Reich is also a riveting narrative history of one of the most extraordinary rescue missions of World War II. .
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Torah Chumash Bamidbar: Based on the Works of the Lubavitcher Rebbe
This innovative Chumash features a new translation/commentary which weaves Rashi's commentary - explained according to the Rebbe's understanding of Rashi - together with the translation of the Torah text. This forms one clear, smooth and easy reading body, accessible even to the beginner and informative to all. Additional Features include: ·"Chasidic Insights" and "Inner Dimensions" ·Chronological charts, topic titles, illustrations, diagrams and maps ·Each sidra is prefaced by an overview ·A study of the name of each sidra and its relevance to the respective text ·Fully vocalized Hebrew text of Rashi's commentary.
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[Mi-golah li-geM-.ulah] = From Exile to Redemption , Volume 1 : Chassidic teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson and the preceding Rebbeim of Chab ad on the future redemption and the coming of Mashiach
Cosmic questions such as the purpose of exile, the role of the individual Jew in ending it, and the indicators of the redemption in our generation, are illuminated in this ... compilation by ... chassidic insights. This ... work was undertaken in response to a call by the ... Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson Shlita, that Jews everywhere escalate the process of Redemption by (among other things) studying subjects related to the coming of Mashiach, in both the legal and the mystical dimensions of the Torah. Accordingly, the reader is here provided with a ... translation of classic teachings on these subjects by the Rebbe and by earlier leaders of the Chabad-Lubavitch chassidic movement. -Book jacket..
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Chabad Melodies ~ Music of the Lubavitcher Chassidim
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