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

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Appreciation for donation that allowed publication of Kuntreis Etz HaChayim; importance of positive speech

Friday, June 28, 1946 - Sivan 29, 5706

Letter No. 237:

Donors to Kehot and details regarding Kehot publications; explanation of Rashi’s commentary to phrase “Aharon did so”

Friday, June 28, 1946 - Sivan 29, 5706

Letter No. 236:

Appreciation for material concerning Rebbe Rashab

Thursday, June 27, 1946 - Sivan 28, 5706

Letter No. 235:

Publication of texts of Chassidus in Shanghai; an explanation of Rashi’s commentary to the phrase “Aharon did so”

Sunday, June 16, 1946 - Sivan 17, 5706

Letter No. 232:

Printing texts of Chassidus; why 10 Commandments refers to G d as the One who took Jews out of Egypt; bond with Moshe of generation

Tuesday, June 04, 1946 - Sivan 5, 5706

Letter No. 231:

A request for assistance for the Rebbe’s mother; a request for assistance in collecting chassidic works in Eretz Yisrael

Tuesday, May 14, 1946 - Iyar 13, 5706

Letter No. 230:

A request for material concerning the Rebbe Rashab

Tuesday, May 07, 1946 - Iyar 6, 5706

Letter No. 228:

Printing texts of Chassidus in Shanghai; spiritual counterparts of halachic differences between inheritance and acquisition by lot

Sunday, April 28, 1946 - Nissan 27, 5706

Letter No. 227:

The difficult financial situation Lubavitch was facing; request for assistance for the Rebbe’s mother

Friday, April 12, 1946 - Nissan 11, 5706

Letter No. 226:

Previous Rebbe’s efforts to provide relief to survivors of Holocaust; letters name Havayah printed in connection with the Great Hallel

Friday, April 12, 1946 - Nissan 11, 5706

Letter No. 225:

Donation to publish Kehot texts; need to reach out to all 4 sons of Pesach narrative, even wicked & who do not know to ask

Friday, April 05, 1946 - Nissan 4, 5706

Letter No. 224:

The need to pay one’s debts to Kehot; how the lack of financial resources is a serious factor in inhibiting the spread of Chassidus

Thursday, April 04, 1946 - Nissan 3, 5706

Letter No. 223:

Multitude of minor transgressions can create spiritual blemish equivalent to that produced by transgression of more severe prohibition

Letter No. 221:

An explanation of the statement in Tanya that the word ועד is equivalent to אחד when the letters are exchanged

Letter No. 220:

Explanation why, when citing: “Be of humble spirit before all men,” the Alter Rebbe uses the wording כל האדם, including a hei

Letter No. 219:

The distribution of Kehot texts in Eretz Yisrael

Letter No. 218:

A request for assistance for the Rebbe’s mother

Letter No. 217:

Encouragement to the pioneer of the Lubavitch community of Australia; the significance of mishloach manos and matanos laevyonim

Monday, March 18, 1946 - Adar II 15, 5706

Letter No. 216:

Encouragement to a Lubavitcher chassid living in South Africa; Haman’s casting of lots

Monday, March 18, 1946 - Adar II 15, 5706

Letter No. 214:

Questions and points of clarification with regard to the text HaRav (a biography of the Alter Rebbe)

Monday, February 18, 1946 - Adar I 17, 5706

Letter No. 213*:

Not to print any of Previous Rebbe’s works or any other works of Chassidus without the expressed permission of the Previous Rebbe

Friday, February 15, 1946 - Adar I 14, 5706

Letter No. 213:

Blessings for students who had escaped the Holocaust

Saturday, February 02, 1946 - Adar I 1, 5706

Letter No. 212:

Solicitation of donation toward publication of Rebbe Rashab’s talks; why first laws in Parshas Mishpatim deal with Hebrew servant

Saturday, February 02, 1946 - Adar I 1, 5706

Letter No. 211:

Appreciation for a donation toward the publication of Kehot texts

Wednesday, January 09, 1946 - Shevat 7, 5706

Letter No. 210:

Answer to: “Will there be eating & drinking in era of Mashiach?”…; “How to observe Shabbos where daylight is longer than 24 hours?”

Wednesday, January 09, 1946 - Shevat 7, 5706

Letter No. 209:

Circulation & publication of Kehot texts; publications the Rebbe supervised; “Yosef hid 3 treasure stores”

Monday, January 07, 1946 - Shevat 5, 5706

Letter No. 208:

Expanding circulation of Kehot texts; “Yosef hid 3 treasure stores,” making oneself a medium for influence of Yosef of our generation

Wednesday, December 19, 1945 - Tevet 15, 5706

Letter No. 207:

Concept that repeating teaching of sage enables “lips of tzaddik [to] rustle in the grave while his soul abides in heavenly academy”

Wednesday, December 19, 1945 - Tevet 15, 5706

Letter No. 206:

Importance of printing teachings of previous Rebbeim, giving them the opportunity to “live in two worlds simultaneously”

Monday, November 26, 1945 - Kislev 21, 5706

Letter No. 205:

The importance of improving a child’s educational environment

Friday, November 23, 1945 - Kislev 18, 5706

Letter No. 204:

The importance of establishing institutes of Torah education for girls

Friday, November 23, 1945 - Kislev 18, 5706

Letter No. 203:

A letter of appreciation for a donation towards printing; the great merit of printing sacred texts

Saturday, November 17, 1945 - Kislev 12, 5706

Letter No. 202:

An explanation of the verse: “And his concubine... bore... Maachah”; does the name Maachah refer to a male or a female?

Tuesday, October 30, 1945 - Cheshvan 23, 5706

Letter No. 201:

A lengthy treatise concerning the concept of Resurrection, discussing many issues in detail

Letter No. 200:

Clarification of 18 Polish gulden, sum the Alter Rebbe suggests donating to charity to redeem a day of fasting undertaken for teshuvah

Letter No. 199:

Rosh HaShanah blessings; Rosh HaShanah as “the head of the year”

Thursday, September 06, 1945 - Elul 28, 5705

Letter No. 198:

Efforts to circulate letters from the Previous Rebbe to Jewish soldiers serving in the British army and to Jews in Europe

Sunday, September 02, 1945 - Elul 24, 5705

Letter No. 197:

Explanation of the ruling that if one speaks between putting on the arm tefillin and the head tefillin, one must recite a blessing

Tuesday, August 28, 1945 - Elul 19, 5705

Letter No. 196:

A scholarly dissertation with regard to why we remove tefillin after the recitation of Uva L’Tziyon Goel on Rosh Chodesh

Tuesday, August 21, 1945 - Elul 12, 5705

Letter No. 195:

The encouragement of others, particularly kohanim, to take active roles in outreach efforts

Tuesday, August 21, 1945 - Elul 12, 5705

Letter No. 194:

Explanation of statement: “When a teaching is recited in the name of a sage, he dwells in two worlds simultaneously…”

Friday, August 17, 1945 - Elul 8, 5705

Letter No. 193:

Insights and instructions with regard to the commemoration of his father’s yahrzeit

Monday, July 30, 1945 - Av 20, 5705

Letter No. 192:

Points regarding circulation & preparation of Kehot texts; explanation of mishnah recited in connection with passing of loved one

Tuesday, July 31, 1945 - Av 21, 5705

Letter No. 191:

An explanation of the statement: “The Ein Sof which we mentioned is not alluded to in the Torah”

Monday, July 30, 1945 - Av 20, 5705

Letter No. 190:

Why the Torah mentions the Exodus in the Ten Commandments rather than the creation

Wednesday, May 16, 1945 - Sivan 4, 5705

Letter No. 189:

Activities on behalf Jewish soldiers in American armed forces; need to sacrifice one’s ritual purity for purification of others

Tuesday, March 27, 1945 - Nissan 13, 5705

Letter No. 187:

Response to several points including instructions with regard to tzitzis

Thursday, March 15, 1945 - Nissan 1, 5705

Letter No. 185:

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