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Letter & Spirit: Is the Hereditary Kehunah Undemocratic?

In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, in honor of Parshas Tetzaveh, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he comments on an article which discusses the seeming inconsistency between “the otherwise democratic orientation of Judaism” and the fact that there exists a hereditary aristocracy in the persons of the Kohanim and Levyim. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.

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Levi and Rochel (nee Wolowik) Engel from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Eli Nochum and Mushky Baron from Bowie, MD had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Yudi and Chana Gerber from Glen Mills, PA had a baby girl!
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Motty and Raizy (nee Konikov) Rosenfeld from Vero Beach, FL had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Youval Hezrony (Roosevelt, NJ) to Estie Green (Lancater, PA) L’Chaim: Monday, Oct. 27th, 7:30pm at Ulam Chana 556 Crown Street
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Sruly Rutman (Kyiv, Ukraine) to Chai Henna Friedman (Miami, FL)
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Daniel and Sara (nee Mahpour) Wasserman from Crown Heights, had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Tzemach and Chaya Simon from Miami Gardens, FL had a baby girl!
Baby Girl!

Moshe and Chana Esther (nee Brennan) Lewis from Dallas, TX had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Mendel Schapiro (Crown Heights) to Shterna Garelik (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at 1468 Union Street
Baby Girl!

Mendel and Sara New from Atlanta/Crown Heights had a baby girl!
New Engagement!

Shneor Zalmen Halperin (Buenos Aires, Argentina) to Blumi Marosov (Midwood, Brooklyn)
New Engagement!

Mendel Eidelman (Brunoy, France) to Sheina Gurary (Antwerp, Belgium) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 8:30pm at F.R.E.E.

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Binyomin Plotkin (New Paltz, NY) to Mirel Bryski (Thousand Oaks, CA) L’Chaim: Tonight, Sunday, 7:30pm at The Shul 481 Albany Ave
Baby Boy!

Yossi and Shiffy Rapp from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
Twin Girls!

Yeheil and Chana Bracha Moscowitz from Detroit, MI had twin girls!
New Engagement!

Mendel Schapiro (Crown Heights) to Shterna Garelik (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tuesday, Oct. 21st, 8:00pm at 1468 Union Street

Letter & Spirit: The Mishkan in Our Day-to-Day Lives

In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, in honor of Parshas Trumah, we present a letter from the Rebbe based on a talk of the Frierdiker Rebbe about the Mishkan and its deeper significance as it relates to our personal travels and duties. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.

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Letter & Spirit: Chassidim and the Outside World

In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, in honor of Chof Beis Shvat and the Kinus Hashluchos, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he gives an explanation for ‘why Chassidim participate in the outside world’ – by way of saluting the Shluchos who devote their lives to working with the world to improve it. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.

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Letter & Spirit: Chabad and Israeli Politics

In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe to an individual who questioned Chabad’s involvement – or lack thereof – in various politically-connected activities in Israel. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.

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Letter & Spirit: Tefillin, Oil Exploration and the Besht

In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present an intriguing letter from the Rebbe in which he makes a connection between tefillin, oil and gas exploration in the Land of Israel and a teaching of the Baal Shem Tov. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.

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Letter & Spirit: Dreams and Nightmares

In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present an interesting reply from the Rebbe to a young woman who asked about dreams and nightmares. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.

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Letter & Spirit: Tznius and the Chanukah Miracle

In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present an enlightening letter from the Rebbe on the important role of the woman in the miracle of Chanukah. It begins with her self-sacrifice for tznius at a time of Greek influence and trends which large segments of the Jewish population, Hellenists, fell prey to during those difficult times.

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Letter & Spirit: Learning Chassidus Is a Halachic Obligation

In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, in honor of Yud Tes Kislev – Chag Ha’ge’ula and Rosh Hashana of Chassidus, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he writes about the Halachic obligation for every Jew to learn Chassidus. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.

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Letter & Spirit: Educating the Mentally Handicapped

In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he provides insight on educating mentally handicapped Jewish children and individuals, which reflects an innovative approach – revolutionary in vision and scope. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law, Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.

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Letter & Spirit: Does Tzivos Hashem Glorify War?

In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he responds to an educator who questioned the Tzivos Hashem campaign for Jewish children – saying it seems to glorify the military, weapons and war. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by the latter’s son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.

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Letter & Spirit: The Role of a Shliach

In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter from the Rebbe in which he clarifies what is – and is not – the role of a Shliach. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.

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Letter & Spirit: Overcoming Difficulty to Achieve Success

In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a unique letter written by the Rebbe in 1948 to a supporter of the [Frierdiker] Rebbe and of Chabad during its early years in America who “found the road of his efforts rough and difficult.” The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.

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Letter & Spirit: Making Humans More Human, Jews More Jewish

In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter of the Rebbe in which he emphasizes the obligation and duty of all of us, not only Rabbis, to spread the name of G-d and bring all people to worship him, in the spirit of Avraham Avinu’s life. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.

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Letter & Spirit: Do the Non-Jews Really Hate Us?

In this week’s edition of Letter & Spirit, we present a letter of the Rebbe in which he responds to a non-Jew who questioned why it is that Jews feel so strongly that the Gentiles are not well disposed toward them and even seem suspicious and fearful of non-Jews. The letter was written through the Rebbe’s trusted secretary Rabbi Nissan Mindel, and was made available by his son-in-law Rabbi Sholom Ber Shapiro.

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