Letters From the Rebbe - Personal and public correspondence of the Rebbe

Advice to a chassid who states that he feels alone

Sunday, July 16, 1950 - Av 2, 5710

Letter No. 654:

Guidance and blessings for health

Monday, July 17, 1950 - Av 3, 5710

Letter No. 660:

Advice to a chassid regarding his future

Monday, July 17, 1950 - Av 3, 5710

Letter No. 659:

Blessings for a chassid; the importance of studying the teachings of the Rebbe Rayatz and reciting his kapitle of Tehillim

Monday, July 17, 1950 - Av 3, 5710

Letter No. 658:

Collection of Jewish Law; difference approach Lubavitch & certain other Chassidic groups; establishment Jewish school Montreal

Monday, July 17, 1950 - Av 3, 5710

Letter No. 657:

Advice to a chassid regarding a means to earn a livelihood; a charge to persevere in the mission entrusted to him by the Rebbe Rayatz

Monday, July 17, 1950 - Av 3, 5710

Letter No. 656:

The positive forces that are active within creation

Monday, July 17, 1950 - Av 3, 5710

Letter No. 655:

Blessings for establishment of local committee; participation in activities represents highest level of connection to Rebbe Rayatz

Wednesday, July 19, 1950 - Av 5, 5710

Letter No. 662:

Blessings for the establishment of a local committee for strengthening Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, Machne Israel, and Kehot

Wednesday, July 19, 1950 - Av 5, 5710

Letter No. 661:

Advice to a chassid not to deviate from the directives given him by the Rebbe Rayatz

Thursday, July 20, 1950 - Av 6, 5710

Letter No. 664:

Birthday for a youth

Thursday, July 20, 1950 - Av 6, 5710

Letter No. 663:

Blessings for a chassid; the adage “Think positively and the outcome will be good”

Friday, July 21, 1950 - Av 7, 5710

Letter No. 665:

Wedding blessings; studying the teachings of the Rebbe Rayatz and reciting his kapitle as a conduit for blessing

Tuesday, July 25, 1950 - Av 11, 5710

Letter No. 670:

The importance of continued work with oneself

Tuesday, July 25, 1950 - Av 11, 5710

Letter No. 669:

The Rebbe encourages continued work with oneself.

Three reasons for persevering in happiness

Tuesday, July 25, 1950 - Av 11, 5710

Letter No. 668:

Blessings for a chassid; reciting the kapitle of the Rebbe Rayatz

Tuesday, July 25, 1950 - Av 11, 5710

Letter No. 667:

Blessings for finding a shidduch; “our dross is better than their finest”

Thursday, July 27, 1950 - Av 13, 5710

Letter No. 673:

Personal advice to a chassid

Thursday, July 27, 1950 - Av 13, 5710

Letter No. 672:

Birthday blessings

Thursday, July 27, 1950 - Av 13, 5710

Letter No. 671:

Emendation of sichah of Yud-Beis Tammuz; prohibition against a husband touching his wife while she is in the niddah state

Sunday, July 30, 1950 - Av 16, 5710

Letter No. 676:

The importance of ensuring kosher Jewish education for children in Morocco, including after they emigrate to other countries

Monday, July 31, 1950 - Av 17, 5710

Letter No. 677:

How studying the teachings of the Rebbe Rayatz is a medium for success and health

Tuesday, August 01, 1950 - Av 18, 5710

Letter No. 682:

Taking part in financial responsibility for Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, Machne Israel, & Kehot is an act of bonding to the Rebbe Rayatz

Tuesday, August 01, 1950 - Av 18, 5710

Letter No. 681:

Using one’s stay in the DP camps for spreading the teachings of Chassidus

Tuesday, August 01, 1950 - Av 18, 5710

Letter No. 680:

Collections for maamad

Tuesday, August 01, 1950 - Av 18, 5710

Letter No. 679:

Explanation of : “‘and all the varieties of its produce for good,’ have in mind wheat used for shemurah [matzah] & four species”

Tuesday, August 01, 1950 - Av 18, 5710

Letter No. 678:

Blessings for a woman for pregnancy; trust in the blessings of the Rebbe Rayatz as a catalyst for their fulfillment

Friday, August 04, 1950 - Av 21, 5710

Letter No. 688:

A request to procure manuscripts of chassidic texts

Friday, August 04, 1950 - Av 21, 5710

Letter No. 687:

A response to a request for blessings; the possibility for the existence of an infinite number of spiritual worlds

Friday, August 04, 1950 - Av 21, 5710

Letter No. 686:

Working on behalf of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch,… not diminish one’s efforts of Jewish education & strengthening Yiddishkeit

Friday, August 04, 1950 - Av 21, 5710

Letter No. 685:

A request for information concerning the Rebbe’s father, R. Levi Yitzchak Schneerson

Friday, August 04, 1950 - Av 21, 5710

Letter No. 684:

Advice concerning a shidduch

Friday, August 04, 1950 - Av 21, 5710

Letter No. 683:

Distinction creation at outset & renewal of existing creation; analogies to illustrate limitation brought into being from G d’s power

Sunday, August 06, 1950 - Av 23, 5710

Letter No. 691:

Study of the teachings of the Rebbe Rayatz as a medium to encourage the fulfillment of his blessings

Sunday, August 06, 1950 - Av 23, 5710

Letter No. 690:

The influence of a person’s friends on his conduct; the need for each person to serve as an active source of positive influence

Sunday, August 06, 1950 - Av 23, 5710

Letter No. 689:

Guidance to one of the Rebbe’s shluchim

Monday, August 07, 1950 - Av 24, 5710

Letter No. 692:

Encouragement for chassidim to accept a voluntary monthly tax on behalf of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, Machne [Israel], and Kehot

Wednesday, August 09, 1950 - Av 26, 5710

Letter No. 698:

Blessings and guidance for a boy’s recovery

Wednesday, August 09, 1950 - Av 26, 5710

Letter No. 696:

Advice to a chassid to accept a shlichus position in North Africa

Wednesday, August 09, 1950 - Av 26, 5710

Letter No. 695:

Guidelines when requesting blessings for health; a request to commit adages heard from the Rebbeim to writing

Wednesday, August 09, 1950 - Av 26, 5710

Letter No. 694:

Guidance to the Rav of Kfar Chabad

Wednesday, August 09, 1950 - Av 26, 5710

Letter No. 693:

A request for manuscripts of chassidic discourses

Thursday, August 10, 1950 - Av 27, 5710

Letter No. 699:

Blessings for health

Thursday, August 10, 1950 - Av 27, 5710

Letter No. 697:

Explanation of statement in Likkutei Torah, Parshas Shelach, that the purification of a niddah and a zavah require “living water”

Friday, August 11, 1950 - Av 28, 5710

Letter No. 701:

Letters dated Av, 5710 (1950-1951)