Eliyahu Touger

On the basis of the above concepts, it is possible to explain the meaning of the verse from Eichah:Eichah 5:1. “Remember, O G-d, what has befallen us.” The Tzemach Tzedek explainsOr HaTorah, Nach, Vol. 2, p. 1086, commenting on the verse cited. that מה (“...

This maamar was delivered on the 4th of Menachem-Av, the day preceding the yahrzeit of the Arizal. In commemoration of that date, the Rebbe introduces a teaching of the Arizal, stating that the concepts explained in the previous section can be connected w...

This section further develops the concepts explained in the previous sections, connecting them to a verse from Eichah and to the concept of exile. Based on the above, it is possible to explain the connection between exile and forgetting, as reflected in t...

In sec. 1, the Rebbe quotes the Alter Rebbe’s statement in Likkutei Torah that when one does not view the Torah and its mitzvos as continuously new, “his bitterness and joy stem from matters of this world, and then the spark of G-d within him is in exile ...

It is possible to add a further point: The concept that the union of G-d’s light that is sovev kol almin with His light that is memale kol almin is what enables the Torah and its mitzvos to be perceived as new every day applies, not only – as explained in...

The previous section explained that the capacity to view the Torah and its mitzvos as new every day is possible only through the revelation of G-d’s light that is sovev kol almin. Sec. 1, however, stated that to attain this outlook it is necessary to cont...

The idea that the possibility of viewing the Torah and its mitzvos as new and not merely as an “old edict” can only result from contemplating the implications of the phrase “that I command you today,” i.e., a connection with G-d’s Essence, can be understo...

“Zion will be redeemed through judgment, and her captives, through tzedekah.”Yeshayahu 1:27; the conclusion of the Haftarah for Shabbos Chazon. At the beginning of the maamar in Likkutei TorahLikkutei Torah, Devarim, p. 1a. See the glosses of the Tzemach ...

Galus, “exile,” is primarily a spiritual condition. When a Jew wakes up in the morning and what brightens or dampens his mood are his material concerns, he is in exile. Instead, what should he look forward to? What should spark his energy? A mitzvah that ...

On this basis, it is possible to explain the connection between bachodesh hashlishi, “in the third month” and bayom hazeh, “on this day”: Even though the spiritual significance of bayom hazeh (interpreted in sec. 10 as referring to the revelation of G-d’s...