Why doesn't the Torah include a list of the 7 Commandments for Gentiles, whereas it does have a list of the Ten Commandments for Jews? Read more »

If the snake in the Garden of Eden had no free will, why did it tempt Eve? Was it a failure that it was created with an ability to sin? Why did G-d punish it? Read more »

Gehinom exists for a limited time. Fear of sin is a higher level. Sin separates one from G-d. One should desire connection with G-d, because of his love for G-d Read more »

At the end of the Book of Daniel, the angel told him there will be waiting times of 1290 & 1335 years, but he was not told the meaning. It has now been revealed. Read more »

Free choice within creation is unique to mankind. Other creations are forced to carry out the task they were created for; a person serves G‑d out of free will. Read more »

"Our People", vol. 1, shows a map of the Israelite's probable route through the desert, drawn per the Rebbe's instructions. Mount Sinai is shown south of Arish Read more »

Question: Does the pleasure that evil people get from the evil they perpetrate come from the same place as the pleasure that a kind person gets from being kind? Answer: I’m sure you will agree that a ripe red apple is sweet. By extension,... Read more »

From Rambam, Laws of Fasts 1:2-3: "when a difficulty arises [for a community], and the people cry out [to G-d in prayer]... everyone will realize that it occurred because of their conduct... This [realization, and their repentance and prayers] will cause the removal... Read more »

The world was created by God to appear separate from His Essence. The time until now was given for people to become able to receive God's Essence in the world. Read more »

In this talk the Rebbe explains the concept of G-d “dwelling in the lowest place,” meaning the physical world. Making this dwelling place for G-d is our mission Read more »

The main aspect of Hanukah is the spiritual miracle, but there was a miraculous physical victory as well. The spiritual triumph came through a physical triumph. Read more »

The Divine service of self-sacrificing sinful desires is a moral lesson to learn from Torah's original permission for Gentiles to make burnt offerings to G-d. Read more »

The suffering (in addition to repentance) that brings atonement for major sins is given to a person by G-d's Divine Providence. It is not accomplished by self-harming. Read more »

If one truly trusts in G-d alone from the depths of his soul (and therefore he has no worry at all), this brings G-d to grant him kindness (even if he is otherwise unworthy). Read more »

The Zohar explains that the purpose of G-d's creation of the universe is for the World to Come, when His Essence will be revealed in this world, dwelling with human beings, both Gentiles and Jews. Many Biblical prophecies focus on the Righteous Gentiles... Read more »

G-d is the ultimate of goodness. The essential nature of everything, at least in its deep essence, is good, and what happens is ultimately for the best. Read more »

Fundamental principles and historical highlights of the Middle East, explained from the Torah perspective. Read more »

We should take precautions so that written-out names of G-d will not come to be "desecrated" - erased, torn, or otherwise destroyed or treated disrespectfully. Read more »

G-d wants us to bring down His blessings through these physical channels which He creates. Read more »

In the Messianic Era God's covenant with the Jews will be new & different: it will be unbreakable due to His continuous revelation that the Jews will experience. Read more »

In regard to the Holocaust, we must realize that there are exceptions to the rule that G-d "does not render judgment without a reason" (Tractate Berachos 5b) Read more »

The “masculine” type of G-dly attributes take the spiritual beneficence flowing from above and give it over to the “feminine” type of attributes. Read more »