| As night falls on Tuesday night, many will kindle a 24-hour flame. And with it, we will usher in Shevat 10, the day on the Jewish calendar when, upon the passing of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory, in 1950, leadership of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement passed on to his illustrious son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory. | In the decades that followed, the Rebbe revolutionized, inspired and guided the post-Holocaust transformation of the Jewish people that continues to this day. | This day, so relevant to every Jew in our generation, is surely a day for reflection, learning, prayer, giving additional tzedakah, positive resolutions and acts of loving-kindness. And of course, we write letters and either bring them to the Ohel or send them to be placed there by others. | For four decades on this day, the Rebbe would deliver another special discourse. Titled Basi Legani, each essay would look at another chapter of a discourse by the same name penned by his father-in-law. | Following the Rebbe's example, this year, we are learning the sixteenth chapter, which plumbs the enigma of the parable and how parables are the mysterious way that G-d communicates his essence. | | | Here are three ways these teachings have been reworked by our Chabad.org authors: | | | | Parabolic Pleasures All The Way Up | | | | Why Does Chabad Teach Esoteric Torah Wisdom to Just Anyone? | | | | Kabbalah on the Things We Feel But Cannot Understand | | | | | A documentary with original footage of the fascinating events that led up to the Rebbe accepting leadership on the 10th of Shevat in 1951. | | | | | |
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