Rabbi Sholom DovBer; Translated by Eliyahu Touger Schneerson

Chapter IV The remedy for the above [difficulties] is the Torah, as it is written: Mishlei 3:8. “It will serve as remedies for your navel,” and Ibid., 4:22. “It will be a cure for all your flesh.” For in contrast to “the lips of a strange [woman which] dr...

We have been commanded concerning the above: To exert ourselves in meditation and deep contemplation about these concepts [until] we are aroused to the love and fear [of G-d]. They are the wings [which elevate] See Tanya, ch. 40. our involvement in the To...

Similar concepts also apply with regard to the attribute of fear. It is also an inherent quality, hidden within the heart of every Jew. [For every Jew fears] rebelling against the Holy One, blessed be He, King of kings. [This quality] must also be brought...

A preliminary step [is necessary: to create an appropriate setting] for the comprehension and knowledge of G-dliness, and particularly, so that the contemplation will be grasped and remain attached within one’s mind, [so] that the person can become bonded...

Behold all of the levels of love [of G-d] are very easily accessible for a person. For, in essence, he possesses them all inherently within his soul. All that is necessary is for him to bring them out into revelation within his heart. This is a possible t...

Shortly after founding Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim, Rabbi Shalom DovBer delivered this discourse to help his students, past and present, nourish the spiritual fire within. From the mysteries of the first days in Eden, the Rebbe extrapolates a set of standards...

The unique quality of the Torah [and why the Torah endows the Jewish people with importance] can be understood in terms of our Sages statement:Note Midrash Tehillim on the verse 90:4. See also Bereishis Rabbah 8:2, Midrash Tanchuma, Vayeishev, sec. 4, Zoh...

Issa B'Midrash TehillimThis maamar was recited by the Rebbe Rashab (the 5th Lubavitcher Rebbe) on his Bar Mitzvah, the 20th of MarCheshvan, 5634. It was also one of the maamarim recited publicly by the Previous Rebbe on his Bar Mitzvah, the 12th of Tammuz...

The official maamar (discourse) recited first by the fifth Chabad Rebbe and since then by all Chabad boys on the occasion of their Bar Mitzvah, translated and annotated in an accessible format, with additional chapters on customs relating to a Bar Mitzvah