Weekly Letter: How We Can Be Yosef
In connection with our parsha where Yosef plays a prominent role in Mitzrayim – we share a letter where the Rebbe explains to a group of students how we can be Yosef.
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Weekly Letter: Why Chanukah Gelt?
In his letter, the Rebbe highlights the Chanukah events and lessons for us. He then asks the question – what does all of this have to do with money and Chanukah gelt and explains what is beneath the surface of this custom of giving Chanukah gelt.
Weekly Letter: Public Menorah, The Answers to The Naysayers
As we prepare for Chanukah we present a letter of the Rebbe explaining the position of Lubavitch in answer to those objecting to the public menorah lighting campaign of Chabad. The Rebbe lists the advantages of the public menorah lighting and dispels some false assumptions about it.
Weekly Letter: Influence of Chabad, Loyalties and Obligations
In preparation for Yud Tes Kislev we share a letter in which the Rebbe addresses the influence of Chabad and various other loyalties and obligations.
Weekly Letter: Where A Minority is Faced with Challenges…
In his letter, the Rebbe gives us some insights and encouragement for our daily life. He draws from the life of our father Yaakov which is reflected in ours – where a minority is faced with challenges, yet emerges whole and perfect.
Weekly Letter: Where A Minority is Faced With Challenges, Yet Emerges Whole and Perfect
In his letter, the Rebbe gives us some insights and encouragement for our daily life. He draws from the life of our father Yaakov which is reflected in ours – where a minority is faced with challenges, yet emerges whole and perfect.
Weekly Letter: What It Means to be “Modern” and “Unmodern”
In our parsha, Chaye Sarah, we experience the first shidduch – of Yitzchak and Rivkah. In this connection we share a letter of the Rebbe with advice to a young lady with uncertainties regarding a shidduch – what it means to be “modern” and “unmodern” and the need to recognize the essential and the non-essential in choosing a partner with whom to build an everlasting edifice.
Weekly Letter: The Difference Between “Seeding” and “Planting”
In connection with the shlichus of Avraham and Sarah to spread the knowledge of G-d – we share a letter of encouragement that the Rebbe writes to a shlucha with feelings of uncertainty about success in her efforts. The Rebbe explains the difference between “seeding” and “planting” – as Chassidus explains – in one’s activities and their respective outcomes.
Weekly Letter: The Concept of Unity
In his letter to a doctor who questions the idea of unity everywhere, based on science – the Rebbe explains the concept of unity in more detail. The essence of Jewish monotheism, says the Rebbe, is that there is unity everywhere.
Weekly Letter: Re-Marriage, Livelihood, and the 7 Noahide Laws
During the week of P’ Noach – with the dramatic events of the cleansing of the human race – we share a letter of the Rebbe regarding the 7 NOAHIDE LAWS – the foundation upon which a moral and civilized society is to be guilt and maintained. The Rebbe gives advice to a non-Jew regarding re-marriage, livelihood and the 7 Noahide Laws.
Weekly Letter: No Need for “Apologetics”
In his letter this week, the Rebbe discusses the belief in the LITERAL TRANSLATION of the Torah – every part of it, including the CREATION. There is no need for “apologetics” – as some try to fit Torah into the ideas of science, since science is but speculative, uncertain and relative.
Weekly Letter: The Joy of Succos
The Rebbe in his letter encourages the correspondent to harness the joy of Succos, and especially of Simchas Torah, and utilize it throughout the year, touching upon the idea of simcha shel mitzvah, as emphasized in Gemara.
Weekly Letter: Supporting Jewish Education
As we begin the new school year – we are sharing a letter to a supporter of Jewish education, in which the Rebbe stresses the great importance of chinuch, using warm and encouraging words and emphasizing that it be done with gladness of heart.
Weekly Letter: Teshuvah – Returning to Our Essence
During the Ten Days of Teshuvah – between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur we share a brief letter of the Rebbe about teshuvah – returning to our essence – and the centrality of the “deed” in the Jewish religion.
Weekly Letter: Celebrating the Creation of Man
As we stand on RH – celebrating the creation of man – we contemplate our mission to elevate the world. But first, says the Rebbe, there is something we need to do before our duty to elevate the world.
Weekly Letter: The Unique Mission for Which Man Was Created
As we prepare for Rosh Hashanah, the day of man’s creation, we share a letter in which the Rebbe explains the uniqueness of man and the unique mission for which he was created, of the ability of a single individual to impact the world and the message of Rosh Hashanah for each of us.
Weekly Letter: On The Matter of Sins and Teshuvah
Another letter of the Rebbe on the theme of teshuvah, during this month of Elul, gives some practical advice in dealing with states of mind and problems and on the matter of sins and teshuvah.
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