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4 April 2025

  • 13:5713:57, 4 April 2025 diff hist +9,837 N Russian Created page with "Russian (in Russian: Русский - rusky) is the official language of Russia, and it is widely spoken as a conversational language and sometimes even as a mother tongue in neighboring countries that were under Soviet rule. Russian is the most common language in Europe and among the ten most spoken languages in the world. Since our Rebbeim until the Rebbe Rayatz and the Rebbe mainly lived in these countries, as did a significant and primary portion of Chabad chassidim..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 13:5313:53, 4 April 2025 diff hist +4,905 N French Created page with "'''The French language''' (in its native language: Français, pronounced "Fransé") is a Latin-Romance language that serves as a mother tongue for about 80 million people, alongside approximately 140 million additional people who speak the language, with a total of about 220 million people using it. The French language serves as an official language in various communities and organizations such as the European Union, the International Olympic Committee, the UN, and the..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 12:4812:48, 4 April 2025 diff hist +6 The Mitzvah of Krias Shema No edit summary Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 11:5911:59, 4 April 2025 diff hist +4 Chaim Avraham Schneuri No edit summary current Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 10:0110:01, 4 April 2025 diff hist +11,536 N Hebrew Created page with "'''Hebrew''' is a language created by Zionist circles based on the Holy Tongue (Lashon HaKodesh) and as a substitute for it, serving as the official spoken language in the State of Israel. Among the Torah-observant community, opposition to the language arose, partly because of the use of the Holy Tongue for secular purposes, an opposition that our Rebbeim also joined. Nevertheless, our Rebbeim did not instruct to avoid using it, and the Rebbe uses this language and has e..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 09:5809:58, 4 April 2025 diff hist +5,815 N MTZP"TZ Created page with "The name '''MTZP"TZ''' is the name Havayah in the AT-BASH code. MTZP"TZ is the intermediary between the "Gulgalta" (skull) and the 13 rectifications of the beard, and it represents the spiritual aspect of the sidelocks (pe'ot). == The Source of the Name == The source of the name MTZP"TZ is in the Zohar. The essence of the matter is that in the verses that precede the 13 Attributes of Mercy, the name Havayah appears twice: "And Havayah passed befor..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 09:5509:55, 4 April 2025 diff hist +4,677 N E-L Sha-dai Created page with "The name '''E-L Sha-dai''' refers to the drawing down of the name E-L, which is the first of the 13 rectifications of the beard, that is drawn down and revealed in the world of Beriah through the name Sha-dai and is called E-L Sha-dai. The gematria of E-L Sha-dai is 345, which corresponds to the letters "Moshe." This name illuminates the world of Beriah to thousands upon thousands and myriads upon myriads, etc. == Its Essence == E-L Sha-dai is one of the three names "E-..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 09:5409:54, 4 April 2025 diff hist +3,344 N Left Handed Created page with "A '''left-handed person (Itter Yad)''' is someone whose strength is greater in their left hand, and who performs most tasks requiring precision, such as writing and similar activities, with their left hand. This differs from the majority of people who are 'right-handed'. == Itter Yad in Halacha == A left-handed person has special laws in halacha with practical implications affecting several mitzvos, including: # Putting on tefillin - The left-handed person puts tefilli..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 09:5209:52, 4 April 2025 diff hist +2,271 N Internet Created page with "'''Internet''' is a global computer network connecting many different computer networks and linking billions of computers worldwide. The scope, the vast amount of information stored on web pages and websites, and the extensive commerce it facilitates - transformed the Internet by the end of the 1990s into a highly significant factor and an arena for economic and cultural development. Of course, the advantages and disadvantages of proximity to good and evil are multiplie..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 09:5109:51, 4 April 2025 diff hist +2,796 N Amen Created page with "After a blessing, Kaddish, and during the repetition of the Shmoneh Esrei, the listener must answer: '''"Amen"'''. The meaning of this word is confirmation and agreement. == Meaning of the Word 'Amen' == According to the Alter Rebbe, there are two meanings for the word 'Amen': # After words of praise, we answer 'Amen' which means 'truth', meaning, the blessing that was said is true and I believe in it. # After a blessing, Kaddish, and so forth, we answer 'Amen', which..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 09:5009:50, 4 April 2025 diff hist +16,202 N Elections Created page with "'''Elections''' are a democratic method for appointing officials, in a way that allows all concerned parties to influence the appointment process by voting for a candidate or a list of candidates. Today, the election process is commonly used to appoint leaders and legislative bodies. The Rebbes of Chabad encouraged participation in elections. The Rebbe sent letters and telegrams expressing the obligation of every person to vote in elections for the Knesset and local auth..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 09:4509:45, 4 April 2025 diff hist +8,406 N Prison Created page with "'''Prison''' (also called '''jail''',) is a secured structure where people are forcibly detained and deprived of various freedoms. Today, it is customary to distinguish between a '''prison''' where convicted persons serve their sentences, and a '''detention center''' where suspects who have not yet been convicted are held. There are also '''prisoner of war camps''' where war prisoners are detained. In the Torah, imprisonment does not exist as a punishment whose purpose..." current Tag: Visual edit
  • 09:4209:42, 4 April 2025 diff hist +98 Mishnah No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
  • 09:4109:41, 4 April 2025 diff hist +28 Mishnah No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched
  • 09:3909:39, 4 April 2025 diff hist +4,243 N Braita Created page with "'''Braita''' is a term for halachot (Jewish laws) that were taught by the Tannaim but were not established by Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi in the Mishnah. == The Difference Between Braita and Mishnah == The Midrash states: "And eighty concubines, these are the braitot." In Chassidut, it is explained that the term "concubine" indicates an external illumination, because the purpose of the Braita is to explain the Mishnah in greater detail so that it can be understood even by stude..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 09:3809:38, 4 April 2025 diff hist +7,708 N Gematria Created page with "'''Gematria''' is the numerical value of a letter or word in the Holy Tongue. The gematria of a word is connected to the essence of the word itself, and therefore it teaches and hints at the meaning of the word, as part of the Remez method in the PaRDeS of Torah, and is one of the types of notarikon through which one can expound and learn the verses of the Torah. == Origin and Essence of Gematria == The method of studying Torah through gematria is counted as one of the..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 09:3609:36, 4 April 2025 diff hist +3,384 N Divrei Sofrim Created page with ""Divrei Sofrim" is a term referring to mitzvot, halachot, safeguards, decrees, and matters that were innovated by the Sages throughout the generations. The obligation to listen to Divrei Sofrim and accept them comes from the verse: "According to the law which they shall instruct you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence which they shall declare to you, to the right or to the left". This means -..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 09:3509:35, 4 April 2025 diff hist +4,032 N Daf Yomi Created page with "The regulation of studying the '''Daf Yomi''' (daily page) of the Babylonian Talmud is a regulation that was instituted by Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin at the Great Assembly of Agudas Yisroel, in the year 5683 (1923) in Austria. The regulation was not accepted among the Rebbes and Chassidim of Lubavitch. == The Daf Yomi Regulation in Chabad == Even though Daf Yomi was established by Gedolei Yisroel (Torah leaders), there were Torah leaders who did not accept it, and the..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 09:3309:33, 4 April 2025 diff hist +1,895 N Halacha L'Moshe MiSinai (Oral Law from Sinai) Created page with "'''Halacha L'Moshe MiSinai''' refers to laws that Moses our teacher received directly from God at Mount Sinai as part of the Oral Torah and transmitted to the Jewish people. The Alter Rebbe explains that in a broader sense, the entire Torah is included in the definition of Halacha L'Moshe MiSinai. In his words: "...all Scripture, Mishnah, laws, and Aggadot were all told to Moses at Sinai. Even though in the Gemara names of Tannaim and Amoraim who stated particular laws..." Tag: Visual edit

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2 April 2025

  • 18:1918:19, 2 April 2025 diff hist −8 Chassid No edit summary Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 17:4217:42, 2 April 2025 diff hist −85 The Seventy Languages No edit summary current Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 14:3714:37, 2 April 2025 diff hist +33 N Rabbi Shneur Zalman Levin Raphaelwilmowsky moved page Rabbi Shneur Zalman Levin to Shneur Zalman Levin current Tag: New redirect
  • 14:3714:37, 2 April 2025 diff hist 0 m Shneur Zalman Levin Raphaelwilmowsky moved page Rabbi Shneur Zalman Levin to Shneur Zalman Levin Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 12:5412:54, 2 April 2025 diff hist +27 The Kuntres Pokeach Ivrim No edit summary current Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
  • 12:2712:27, 2 April 2025 diff hist +3,415 N Niggun Stav Ya Pito Created page with "'''The niggun "Stav Ya Pito"''' is one that the Rebbe taught at a farbrengen on the night of Simchat Torah after hakafot in the year 5723 (1963). During the farbrengen, which took place in the early morning hours, the Rebbe explained the meaning of the niggun: "This is a niggun that chassidim heard in Ukraine from simple people and utilized it for avodas Hashem... This niggun was commonly sung during times of joy and also on Simchat Torah." The Rebbe continued to explai..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 12:2412:24, 2 April 2025 diff hist +95 Cincinnati No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
  • 12:2312:23, 2 April 2025 diff hist −17 Cincinnati No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched
  • 12:2312:23, 2 April 2025 diff hist +4,237 N Cincinnati Created page with "thumb '''Cincinnati''' is a city in the southwest of Ohio state in the United States and is the third largest city in Ohio. Currently, the number of Jews who are members of the Jewish community in Cincinnati stands at approximately 20,000. == Jews in Cincinnati == Jews began to arrive in large numbers during the years 5600-5630 (1840-1870), due to economic development in the area. In the year 5590 (1830), the General Assembly of the state o..." Tag: Visual edit: Switched
  • 12:2012:20, 2 April 2025 diff hist +50 Yiddish No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
  • 12:1812:18, 2 April 2025 diff hist +1,064 Yiddish →Legacy and Importance Tag: Visual edit: Switched
  • 12:1612:16, 2 April 2025 diff hist +3,498 N Seven Voices Created page with "Our Sages expounded that the Torah was given with '''seven voices'''. == Source of the Concept == In several places, our Sages taught that the seven instances of the word 'voice' (kol) in Tehillim (Psalms) 29 allude to the seven voices with which the Torah was given. In a later period, the Braisa of 'Masechet Soferim' was revealed, in which our Sages connect these seven voices to the division of the Torah into seven books. Meaning, that the passage "Vayehi Binsoa Ha'aro..." current Tag: Visual edit
  • 12:1512:15, 2 April 2025 diff hist +14 Chashmal →See Also current Tag: Visual edit
  • 12:1312:13, 2 April 2025 diff hist +937 N Venakeh Created page with "'''Venakeh''' is the 13th and final mazal (spiritual channel) of the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy of Arich Anpin. From the mazal of Venakeh flows the mazal of Ima (Mother), and it receives from the mazal of Notzer Chesed from which flows the influence of Abba (Father). These two mazalot are the root of Abba and Ima, from which influences are drawn down to the lower realms. This influence descends through the word "V'Koneh Hakol" (and acquires all), as the letters of "V'..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 12:1212:12, 2 April 2025 diff hist +10,426 N The Collapse of The Soviet Union Created page with "The collapse of the Soviet Union is a process that began in 5747 (1987) and ended in 5751 (1991), during which the Soviet Union ceased to exist. == Background == Since Stalin's death, a slow change in the regime took place in the Soviet Union. Georgy Malenkov, who headed the Soviet government for a short interim period, brought about the downfall of the fearsome head of the NKVD, Lavrentiy Beria, a few months after Stalin's death. Beria was accused of "crimes against t..." current Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:5311:53, 2 April 2025 diff hist 0 m Hashgacha Pratis - Divine Providence Raphaelwilmowsky moved page Hashgachah Pratis - Divine Providence to Hashgacha Pratis - Divine Providence without leaving a redirect
  • 11:5311:53, 2 April 2025 diff hist +9,718 N Hashgacha Pratis - Divine Providence Created page with "Divine Providence (or Higher Providence) is one of the central ideas in Judaism, establishing that the Holy One, blessed be He, watches over the creation He created. The Baal Shem Tov in Chassidic teachings added and emphasized the concept of "Divine Providence," establishing that G-d's supervision of creation extends to each and every detail; furthermore, that each and every detail has significance and an essential part relating to the purpose of the entire creation. T..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:4911:49, 2 April 2025 diff hist +7,197 N Debate Created page with "'''Debate''' is a term for a discourse conducted between two sides holding opposing positions. Throughout Jewish history, there were many times when Jews were forced to conduct various debates with representatives of other religions and the like (especially in Christian countries), to prove the truth of Judaism, while they were under threat that if they lost the debate, they would be forced to convert to Christianity. Great Jewish sages stood against representatives of..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:4611:46, 2 April 2025 diff hist +3,273 N Taharat HaAvir (Purification of the Air) Created page with "'''Taharat HaAvir''' is a concept in Chabad Chassidic philosophy, which means that just as air influences a person's physical condition, air is also influenced spiritually and affects those who breathe it. Therefore, a person should strive to breathe only clean and pure air, which is purified through reciting matters of Torah and holiness, with emphasis on memorizing Tanya and Mishnayot by heart. == Meaning and Method of Purification == A person's life depends on the ai..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:4611:46, 2 April 2025 diff hist +249 Technology No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:4411:44, 2 April 2025 diff hist +8,031 N Technology Created page with "thumb '''Technology''' is a term for contemporary advancements that help people do complex things more easily. Technology was created to help people serve Hashem. thumb == Technology in Torah == ==== Can a person standing on the moon make Kiddush Levana? ==== The Rebbe says that through technology, new concepts and explanations in Torah are revealed that would not have been revealed without technology. Fo..." Tag: Visual edit: Switched
  • 11:4011:40, 2 April 2025 diff hist +2,808 N Yetzer Tov Created page with "'''Yetzer Tov''' is the force that motivates one to serve Hashem, and in Chassidus it is sometimes referred to as the Nefesh Elokis (Divine Soul). == Origin of the Name == The Yetzer Tov is not mentioned in the Torah, and on the contrary, only the Yetzer Hara is mentioned. However, in the Midrash it is mentioned that "The Holy One, blessed be He, created two inclinations: one good inclination and one evil inclination." It is also mentioned that unlike the Yetzer Hara wh..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:3911:39, 2 April 2025 diff hist +3,243 N Yetzer Harah Created page with "'''Yetzer Hara''' or '''Satan''' is a term referring to the force that drives a person to act against the will of the Creator. In Chassidus it is explained that the difference between the Yetzer Hara and the Animal Soul is that the term 'Animal Soul' refers to kelipat nogah of the intellectual faculty of a person, while the term 'Yetzer Hara' refers to kelipat nogah of the emotional faculties within a person. Therefore, the term used is 'Yetzer' (form) Hara, from the wor..." current Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:3811:38, 2 April 2025 diff hist +10,245 N A special child Created page with "A "special child" is a term the Rebbe gave to children with special needs in the areas of intellect, soul, or body. Along with this name, the Rebbe introduced a renewed and revolutionary approach in treating children in these situations, not to place them under a limiting, all-encompassing label but to see the potential hidden in each one. The name and method influenced the treatment of these children and people throughout the Jewish people and the entire world. == Ma..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:3511:35, 2 April 2025 diff hist +4,909 N Man is a Tree of the Field Created page with "'''Man is a Tree of the Field''' This is a verse that compares man to a tree of the field, a similarity mentioned many times in Kabbalah and Chassidus. == In Chassidus == In the holy Zohar, it explains that the nature of the root of a person's soul is like a tree "of that field which Hashem blessed," and this concept is explained in Chassidic texts and commentaries. === The Higher It Is, The Lower It Falls === The Alter Rebbe compares this to a fruit-bearing tree, whic..." Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:3311:33, 2 April 2025 diff hist +93 Kafal - Doubling No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
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