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Letter Date

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:

With regard to a suggestion to print the Previous Rebbe’s maamarim

Sunday, January 21, 1945 - Shevat 7, 5705

Letter No. 184:

With regard to a suggestion to print the Previous Rebbe’s maamarim; the significance of studying Mishnayos by heart

Wednesday, January 17, 1945 - Shevat 3, 5705

Letter No. 182:

The positive connotations of haste, particularly in the present era

Tuesday, January 16, 1945 - Shevat 2, 5705

Letter No. 181:

A response to an inquiry concerning the Previous Rebbe’s health

Thursday, January 11, 1945 - Tevet 26, 5705

Letter No. 180:

Details concerning circulation of Kehot texts; explanation of mishnah recited in connection with the passing of a loved one

Monday, January 08, 1945 - Tevet 23, 5705

Letter No. 179:

The Rebbe’s acknowledgment of condolence wishes

Monday, January 08, 1945 - Tevet 23, 5705

Letter No. 178:

Explanation of 120 forms of name Elokim; explanation of 288 sparks that fell in the shattering of worlds of Tohu

Monday, December 25, 1944 - Tevet 9, 5705

Letter No. 177:

The Personal Growth Experienced While Enduring the Holocaust

Tuesday, December 12, 1944 - Kislev 26, 5705

Letter No. 175

When a person is uprooted from the setting to which he has become acclimated, in the time before he becomes accustomed to his new situation and responsibilities, he reveals patterns of behavior that reflect his inner nature . . .

Yud-Tes Kislev blessings

Tuesday, December 05, 1944 - Kislev 19, 5705

Letter No. 174:

I conclude with a blessing for the holiday of redemption — that speedily, in our days, we merit the complete redemption and my revered father-in-law, the Rebbe Shlita, will lead us to greet Mashiach; “Immediately to teshuvah; immediately to Redemption,”

Chanukah menorahs for distribution; oil used for the Chanukah; giving financial support to “the High Priest” of present generation

Friday, December 01, 1944 - Kislev 15, 5705

Letter No. 173:

The significance of the mitzvah of sukkah and why it follows Yom Kippur

Wednesday, October 04, 1944 - Tishrei 17, 5705

Letter No. 171:

Rebbe’s response to condolence wishes that he was offered; four dimensions of death

Letter No. 170:

Rosh HaShanah blessings to yeshivah students

Letter No. 169:

Rebbe’s response to philosophical thesis that the world is in a stage of flux, with each entity seeking to grow and develop

Tuesday, August 29, 1944 - Elul 10, 5704

Letter No. 168:

Greetings and an offer of spiritual assistance to a Rabbi who arrived as a refugee from war-torn Europe

Thursday, August 10, 1944 - Av 21, 5704

Letter No. 167:

A continuation of the discussion begun in Letter No. 159 concerning the Jews’ self-sacrifice for the mitzvah of tefillin

Thursday, August 03, 1944 - Av 14, 5704

Letter No. 166:

A request for permission to print material in Kovetz Lubavitch

Monday, July 24, 1944 - Av 4, 5704

Letter No. 164:

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