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A New Year, A New Light: Four Mugah Ma’amarim from the Rebbe to Inspire Your Rosh Hashana

Prepare for Rosh Hashana, Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz is proud to present video Shiurim on the four Rebbe’s Mugah Ma’amarim for Rosh Hashana • Read More, Watch

As the shofar sounds once more and the Jewish world ushers in the sacred days of Rosh Hashana, we are gifted an opportunity to reconnect not only with Hashem, but with our truest selves. In this spirit of reflection, renewal, and return, what better way to prepare than through the deep, soul-stirring teachings of Chassidus?

To help illuminate this special time, we are proud to present four powerful Ma’amarim of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, each one personally edited (mugah) by the Rebbe himself, a rare and precious distinction that reflects the precision and spiritual weight of these discourses.

These Ma’amarim are taught with clarity and inspiration by Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, Shliach of the Rebbe to Southwest Florida and Director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida. With heartfelt explanations and meaningful applications, Rabbi Minkowicz brings the Rebbe’s words to life in a way that speaks to both the mind and the soul.

The Ma’amarim

Each of the four Ma’amarim was delivered and personally edited by the Rebbe during key years of his leadership:

•5747 (1987)
•5749 (1989)
•5751 (1991)
•5752 (1992)

These years represent a time of spiritual urgency, empowerment, and preparation for the coming of Moshiach, a theme that runs deeply through the Rebbe’s teachings in this period.

Within these Ma’amarim, you’ll explore rich and foundational concepts, such as:

• Coronating Hashem anew each year the central theme of Rosh Hashana

• The transformative power of the shofar, beyond intellect and emotion

• Creation from the Source how the world is re-born each Rosh Hashana

• The profound inner work of bitul (self-transcendence) and surrender to the Divine Will

These Ma’amarim are not only brilliant in Torah scholarship — they are deeply relevant to our lives today.

Why Chassidus, and Why Now?

The Alter Rebbe taught that Chassidus is the soul of Torah, just as Rosh Hashana is the renewal of the soul of Creation. Studying these Ma’amarim, especially in the days leading up to and during Rosh Hashana, aligns us with the spiritual energy of the New Year.

It’s more than inspiration, it’s preparation.

As Rabbi Minkowicz so beautifully conveys, these teachings are not just ideas to be learned, they are paths to live by, helping each of us bring our personal world in sync with the Divine.

Learn. Reflect. Be Transformed.

Whether this is your first time learning a Ma’amar, or you’ve studied Chassidus for years, these four discourses offer new insights, new depth, and new spiritual tools to carry into the year ahead.

Let the Rebbe’s words through the voice and guidance of Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz inspire your heart, focus your mind, and uplift your soul.

Wishing You and Your Loved Ones

A Year of Revealed Goodness and Blessing

Ketiva Vachatima Tova

May you be inscribed and sealed for a sweet, healthy, and spiritually rich New Year.

A year of clarity, growth, and the ultimate redemption now.

מאמר והיה ביום ההוא תשכ”ח
קונטרס ראש השנה – תשנ”ב

מאמר יבחר לנו את נחלתינו תשכ”ג
קונטרס ראש השנה – תנש”א

מאמר זה היום תחילת מעשיך תשמ”ב
קונטרס ראש השנה – תשמ”ט

מאמר יו”ט של ר”ה תשמ”ג
י”ל לקראת ראש השנה – תשמ”ז

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