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Based on letters and talks of the Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson
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143. Mentors

Every person needs a mentor. And that mentor needs a mentor. And that mentor as well --nobody pulls himself up by tugging at his own hair.

Go out and find yourself someone you can rely on for advice and counsel, someone who understands you and whom you can trust and respect. If that person turns you down, insist and persist. Don’t wait to become a student. Be proactive and make someone into your teacher.

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From the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, of righteous memory; words and condensation by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman. To order Rabbi Freeman’s book, Bringing Heaven Down to Earth, click here.

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Posted: Jan 20, 2011
Mentors
When I was a little girl-I played with both hands for the very first time on the piano and right before my eyes I knew nothing could surpass a friend. And I don't mean a Towering Inferno-not someone to feed you either or change your diapers or bathe you which IS what life turned out to be for me-just alot of AIDS and nurses around me doin' stuff....but a friend...you see-that's real important in life and that's not what I got-just diaper changers-OK they don't literally change my diapers but you get what I mean.-but I do thank G-d for the responses I am getting from Chabad.org-and Thank you R Tzvi Freeman
Posted By Judith L Witten, Brockton, Ma/USA

Posted: Nov 27, 2010
Mentor.
Today with so ugly world is very hard find a good mentor. All of them which I known, they not try taking discussion regarding truth, but force you to take their's point of views with out any condition.
Posted By Anonymous, rzeszow, Poland

Posted: Nov 25, 2010
Mentors
That is true about mentors-they have mentors, and sometimes when their mentors die they lose confidence in their ability to help-also because they feel destroyed they start destroying their students-which is what happened to me with a mentor in Music-Did I ever reach out for a mentor in music again? No-but in other ways-of course-there is hope-I feel there is hope.-This is a beautiful thing to say about human nature-love and G-Dliness.
Posted By Judith L. Witten, Brockton, MA/USA

Posted: Nov 25, 2010
yipes
With all respect,I don't buy this one. Insist and persist is most often met by desist. Know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em. There are not all that many magnanimous talented mentors available out there. Naturally, they are already taken and thus constrained by time. There are a lot of yeshiva students available out there, but not too knowledgeable, or at least not as knowledgeable as they think. I am often asked by weak rabbis where i get my stuff. I tell them from the internet. They go quiet. The internet is not the be all and end all, but it certainly forces weak mentors to come to terms with their limitations. The internet cannot substitute for the better mentors, but it is a wise substitute for lesser lights. Thanks to the internet we have access to you. I have a couple live ones too on an informal basis. If there is one thing i know is true, when it comes to Judaism, i need all the help i can get. But it has to meet certain minimums.
Good Shabbos !
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