, he carefully explains why Rashi asks certain questions, why he chooses one explanation over another, and how every word fits into a larger method.
It is not uncommon for the Rebbe to spend 5–10 pages explaining only a few lines of commentary.
The result is a deeper appreciation for how much thought and structure can exist beneath a short rabbinic explanation of a verse in the Hebrew Bible (Torah).
Rashi’s commentary covers nearly every verse in the Torah, much of Tanach, and much of the Talmud.
“A good test of whether rabbinic commentary is based on a clear method or just random opinion is study the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s explanations of Rashi.”
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Guides were recently updated:
“If everything that exists were dependent on something else for existence, nothing would ever exist.” — Maimonides
You have a belief about the One cause of the universe, you can believe it has intelligence, free choice, and a desire to give, or believe it’s random, or believe it’s too mystical to have beliefs about.
The only Healthy spiritual beliefs for the nervous system, it’s not atheism or Buddhism: https://nextself.ai/spirituality/beliefs-are-not-only-an-idea/
Psychology of prayer explained: https://nextself.ai/spirituality/emotional-numbness-is-often-not-emptiness/
Why is suffering built into creation? https://nextself.ai/spirituality/infinite-creator-wants-creation/
How to relate to the Creator in a healthy way: https://nextself.ai/spirituality/the-word-god-is-a-descriptive-name/