Month of Good Mazel

From Living Torah (Volume 59, Episode 233)

Dr. Yaakov Hanoka is a renowned scientist. In 1970, the Rebbe’s advice helped him get “top dollar” when he had to sell his house.

Also in this Episode:
* Free Will
* Nigun
* Presidential Move

Love that Knows No Barriers

From Living Torah (Volume 58, Episode 230)

Rabbi Dovid Edelman was a student at 770 during the 1940s. One night, the Rebbe came out from the study of his father-in-law, the Previous Rebbe, with a fundamental lesson in loving one’s fellow Jew.

Also in this Episode:
* “To Listen to Me?”
* Shacharis
* 40 Years

Letter of Approbation

From Living Torah (Volume 57, Episode 228)

Thank you for the volume of Mishneh Torah. I don’t issue letters of approbation, because I would be filling requests all day long... Reprint the blessing I sent you for an earlier volume.

Also in this Episode:
* Maimonides - Not for Scholars Only
* Niggun “Yeilchu Mechayil”
* No Questions Asked

Choosing a Thesis

From Living Torah (Volume 57, Episode 226)

Dr. Susan Handelman is Professor of English Literature at Bar Ilan University in Israel. Trying to decide on a topic for her doctoral thesis, she decided to ask the Rebbe’s opinion.

Also in this Episode:
* “Jacob Our Father Never Died”
* Niggun “Rachamana”

“L’chaim”

From Living Torah (Volume 57, Episode 225)

The Rebbe distributes bottles of L’chaim for Jewish communities in the Land of Israel.

Also in this Episode:
* The Tzaddik Lives
* Keep the Presses Rolling!
* A Gentleman and a Scholar

Chanukah Rally

From Living Torah (Volume 56, Episode 224)

Children’s rally at 770 on the last night of Chanukah, 1987.

Also in this Episode:
* Minority Rules
* What Comes First: The Money or the Pledge?
* Making Aliyah: a Multifaceted Decision

Exile + 1 = Redemption

From Living Torah (Volume 56, Episode 223)

Hebrew, the Holy Tongue, is utterly precise. In Hebrew, “Exile” is called “Golah.” But this very word also hints the path to redemption. By inserting the letter Alef, the word “Golah — Exile” becomes “Geulah — Redemption.”

The Talmud states: What does “Alef” indicate? “Alufo Shel Olam — the Ruler of the world.” Alef is the first letter and number, the start of everything. Likewise, G-d preceded all existence, and He is the source of all time and space.

When one draws the Alef, G-d, into every aspect of life, he lives in a state of redemption, because his mundane life is infused with G-dliness. He thereby liberates himself, and influences those around him to achieve the same. And when many “personal redemptions” are achieved, then, as in Jewish law, “the majority rules” — redemption is brought to the entire world.

Also in this Episode:
* Nigun “Daled Bavos”
* A Rabbinic Tradition
* Not Quite What the Doctor Ordered