The advantage of giving written instructions over oral ones

Letter No. 1117:

From correspondence of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; translated by Eli Touger

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The spiritual counterpart of the prohibition against wearing shoes on Tishah BeAv and Yom Kippur

The name of the recipient of this letter was not released.

ב"ה,
29 Tammuz, 5711,
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Greetings and blessings,

…With regard to your question in your letter: Regarding the appointment of workers or the removal of officials from their positions, my practice is to do so in writing and not orally so that doubts and the like do not arise.

With blessing,

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A promise that a person who gives tzedakah, despite being under financial strain, will be rewarded from Above

The spiritual counterpart of the prohibition against wearing shoes on Tishah BeAv and Yom Kippur

From correspondence of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; translated by Eli Touger

Letter of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory.

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From correspondence of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; translated by Eli Touger

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In the Rebbe's correspondence we see his scholarship, the care he has for every individual Jew, the communal projects which he pioneered, and many other dimensions of his leadership. The Rebbe gives a person an insight that lifts him above the vantage point from which he operated previously and gives him the perspective to find a solution to his difficulties.

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