The 613 Mitzvot - Resources

The Four Species

• The Inner Meaning of the Four Species
• Rebbe Levi Yitzchak's Nigun for shaking the lulav: This melody, sung here by Rav Ginsburgh, is traditionally credited to Rebbe Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev. It is sung while shaking the lulav on Sukot.

Shofar

• The Inner Meaning of the Teru'ah
• How the Sounds of the Shofar Rectify the Psyche

Love of One's Fellow Jew (Ahavat Yisra'el)

• Introduction
• And the Redemption

Challah

Lecture 1: One of the 3 mitzvot given especially to women, Challah entails taking a piece of unleavened dough from a batch of dough and donating it the priest. In this multi-part series, Rav Ginsburgh explores the deep inner meaning of this mitzvah and how it relates to women in particular. He also goes into the two other mitzvot for women, lighting Shabbat candles (one of the 7 mitzvot of the sages) and family purity.