Chabad Research Unit - Professor Tali Loewenthal

Talmud Tour Session 2: Berachot 3a

The spiritual meaning of the three 'watches' of the night. The Divine 'roar' at the exilic state of existence. The dangers of entering a 'ruin'. Class Material - http://files.chabadresearch.net/TalmudBerachot3a-b.pdf

Talmud Tour Session 1 - Berachot 2a & Intro to Talmud Tour Series

From when does one say the Shema in the evening? The Rebbe explains how this first Mishnah in the entire Talmud hints at each of the six Orders of the Mishnah. 'Evening' represents a state of darkness, in which one injects a declaration of faith in G-d, the saying of the Shema. Class Material: http://files.chabadresearch.net/TalmudBerachot2a&Intro.pdf

Concerning Coming to the Land and the Land Resting 1986

The Alef Kabbalah group (13 May 2008) explored the unedited Chassidic-kabbalistic discourse taught by the Lubavitcher Rebbe during the week of Parshat Behar 1986. This begins 'When you Come to the Land..the Land should rest" The discourse explores the fact that the Torah text first presents the idea of the Sabbatical year, the seventh year,when the Land rests, and only later describes the work that will be carried out on the land during the six years, ending with a full account of the Sabbatical year. This leads to exploration of the kabbalistic concept 'the end is joined in the beginning', from the ancient 'Book of Creation'. This Torah text gives an example of this (the image of the seventh Sabbatical year being present from the very beginning of the six years of labour) but it applies in all aspects of life, particularly in seeing the eschatalogical goal of Judaism at every step of our daily lives.

The Fifth Day of Creation

THE MILI G. KABBALA GROUP WITH TALI LOEWENTHAL, 14 July 2008. Discussing the Fifth Day of Creation.

UveRoshei Chodsheichem

12 April 2026 This discourse, taught by the Rebbe in 5735 (as a continuation of his maamarim on Yetziat Mitzrayim from Pesach and Shmini that year), discusses the verse "UveRoshei Chodsheichem" and how all Rosh Chodesh are elevated through their root in Nisan - the head of months and month of redemption - linking it to Israel's "kinyan kedem" (acquired before creation), the superior "Anochi" revelation in the exodus as the foundation for Matan Torah, and the ultimate purpose of making a dwelling for G-d below through Torah and mitzvot, leading to the future Geulah in Eretz Yisrael.