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.
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“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.
“A good test of whether rabbinic commentary is based on a clear method or just random opinion is to study the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s explanations of Rashi.”
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/
