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| Its a mitzvah to imitate our creator. We also try to imitate a Rebbe, teacher or mentor. A chasid tries to acquire at least some measure of his Rebbe's personality and character. This class tries to give us an observation of one measure of the Rebbe's qualities which we may try to emulate.
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| Chassidic philosophy enhances our understanding of G-d, the creation and our relationship with Him.
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| A deeper look at the day commemorating the deliverance and release of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Chabad Rebbe, from Czarist incarceration. The weekly parshah for this date talks of Joseph sold as a slave to Egypt; a striking similarity between these two great Jewish leaders.
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| The Rebbe said a chassidic discourse and personally gave it out to thousands of people shortly before he passed away. In it, he explains the role of the ‘shepherds of the people’; the Jewish leaders. It sets the tone for the future and tells us what we need to do to reveal G-dliness in this world.
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| Rabbi Kaplan explains what happens when the soul leaves the body and the concept of a Yahrtzeit. How is it that Chabad copes after the 3rd of Tamuz -- the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of blessed memory. What is the significance of the passing of a tzaddik.
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Part I The Gate of Unity and Faith. About the Divine permation and of every existence.
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Part II The Gate of Unity and Faith. About the Divine permation and of every existence.
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| This class takes an in-depth look at the central teaching of the Baal Shem Tov regarding divine providence.
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| This class outlines the great importance and centrality of joy and happiness in our service of G-d.
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| This class provides an in-depth analysis of the optimum and ideal approach to performing mitzvot; beyond personal reward.
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| A comprehensive analysis of the complex issue of free choice; the need for free choice and its reconciliation with divine providence and G-d’s all encompassing knowledge.
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| This class gives us the Chassidic perspective on the purpose of human suffering and the ideal way to react to it.
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| This class illuminates the integral role of a Rebbe and his relationship to the people.
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| This class emphasizes the special quality of speech which is the ultimate expression of the soul as explained in Chassidic thought.
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| Chassidus empower's us to change the nature of our middos – character traits.
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| This class describes the differences in approach between the Chassidic and Mussar movements.
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| This class presents a comprehensive analysis of the natural and the miraculous; a tzaddik’s special power to reach into the supernatural to alter nature.
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| This class defines what the teachings of Kabbalah really are and introduces some extraordinary lofty insights on the Kabbalah and its development.
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| This class explains many Kabbalistic concepts about the spiritual secrets of creation that are elucidated in the teachings of Chassidut.
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| This class discusses the kabbalistic and spiritual meaning of garments which are the source to physical clothing; this sheds light on the Torah laws relating to dress.
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