Community and Individuality

One might have imagined that the Rebbe's standards for, and expectations from, his own followers might have declined, since his outreach extended to people entirely unaffiliated with Judaism.

Two lessons from a Torah scroll: the recognition that every individual is indispensible to the integrity of the communal whole; and the importance of the inviolable "white space" which distinguishes each one of us as a unique individual

“How is it that the Redemption has not yet been attained? That despite all that has transpired and all that has been done, Moshiach has still not come? "What more can I do? I have done all I can to bring the world to truly demand and clamor for the Redemp...

Can a person’s sense of individuality be suppressed? Should it be suppressed?

After their wedding the couple moved to Berlin, where both pursued university studies; he in philosophy and science, she in German and mathematics.

By the Grace of G‑d In response to the greetings and congratulatory messages from eminent public figures, President Carter and Governor Carey of New York, whose personal letters were delivered by their representatives, senators and members of Congress, am...

B.H. Erev Lag B’Omer, 5734 Brooklyn, N.Y. [May 9, 1974] Mr. Schneur Zalman Jaffe Jerusalem Sholom uBrocho: I just received your letter of Iyar 9 from Yerusholayim Ir-haKodesh. First of all, to open with a blessing, here is wishing you and all the family a...

Even the uninformed are regarded as “pure” during the major festivals. Why?

Sometimes it all seems so hopeless. You can feed a hungry child, yet millions more remain hungry. For every good deed you do, so many evil deeds are committed . . .

You can't build a lasting building out of half-baked bricks. But people, says the Lubavitcher Rebbe, are not bricks