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Spiritual Charity
An excerpt from the first "public letter" issued by the Rebbe
By The Way
There is more to a journey than its destination, insisted the Rebbe in this characteristic letter, written several months after his official assumption of the leadership of Chabad-Lubavitch
Art
How does a painting compel us to see its subject in a new light? And how is this to be applied to the art of life? A letter to a depressed artist
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The Business of Life
Pain, gain and their rate of return
Moral Outrage
Can there be such a thing as an outraged atheist?
Honorary President
If he needn't actually do anything, what's the honor?
Electric Light
In Torah, as in nature, there are exoteric and esoteric forces; one hundred and ninety-eight years ago, one of the latter electrified Jewish life
Revelation
What an education can and cannot do
His Own Turf
Perfect harmony and full acceptance of a central authority might be the ideal, but ideals are usually the greatest obstacle in getting anything done
Torah and Geometry
Parallels that are worlds apart
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A Positive Conversation
in which the means are an end in themselves
The Head
What, exactly, is a Rebbe?
His Guiding Vision
What motivated the Rebbe? What drove his unceasing labor and unprecedented achievements?
Mind and Heart
And where they converge
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The Rich
If G-d trusts them, they have earned our respect
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Public Pain
is more bearable--and its recovery more certain
Totalitarianism
On Rosh Hashanah, we reiterate our commitment to G-d as our king. But isn't kingship a metaphor whose time has passed?
Spiritual Vaccine
Medical advice to a young educator
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Unfettered Feeling
In Judaism, the deed is the primary thing. But sometimes the primary thing gets in the way
A Jew in Madagascar
and why she is there
When a Jew finds himself in a distant corner of the world, far from his homeland, far from any established Jewish community, this is certainly not by chance
The Rebbe on the '60's
As early as 1963, the Rebbe offered this analysis of the “return to roots” movement and proposed a plan of action
Critique
To the Rebbe, all criticism was self-criticism. As he saw it, finding fault with others was simply an avoidance of one’s own responsibility to rectify whatever was amiss
Displaced Persons
There is an element of that tumultous time that should be preserved..
The Rebbe on the Kibbutz
In and of itself, the most apparent function of the commune is to equalize individuals of greater and lesser stature -- something that runs contrary to human nature
Deerskin
One of the characteristics of the deer is that “Its hide does not constrain its flesh.” In other words, the extremely taut skin of the deer does not inhibit its growth but, on the contrary, adapts itself and conforms to it
The Well-Stocked Pharmacy
Entering into the interior of the pharmacy, one notices a section marked: Warning! Deadly Poison! One may wonder, what is poison doing in a place designated for cures and balms
Soul Wash
Clothes and linen, before we put them on, are clean and smoothly pressed---everything in its proper place. But after wearing them for a while they become creased, dusty or stained.
A Glaring Contradiction
There were certain statements that the Rebbe could not, and would not, tolerate
A Breath of Fresh Air
When Jews are united as one body, a Jew in a free land can provide life to a Jew living under oppression
A Waste of Time
There are certain things, wrote the Rebbe, for which a chasssid simply does not have the time
The Jewish Accountant
If when taking stock of our lives the pile of wrongdoing seems higher than the pile of goodness, there's one critical factor we must take into account
Glue
The Rebbe’s prescription for a troubled marriage
The Wager
The man wagered that the Rebbe would never make a public fool of himself and announce his belief that the sun revolves around the earth...
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You Are What You Write
The Rebbe on literature, ulterior motive, and the Jewish soul
The Touchstone
Have you ever regreted a good deed?
The Sequel
Having already discussed the intellectual reasons for belief in G-d, the Rebbe spells out the other reasons for leading a Torah-true life
Religion, State, and the Ten Commandments
The singular unity within Judaism

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