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

Significance of offering of 7 lambs together with 2 loaves of bread on Shavuos; unity of body & soul in our Divine service

Letter No. 163:

Contradiction between teaching of R. Yaakov of Lisa which states that it is impossible for teshuvah to wipe away sin entirely

Letter No. 162:

A continuation of the above discussion

Tuesday, July 18, 1944 - Tammuz 27, 5704

Letter No. 161:

Contradiction between Chassidus which explain necessity for small measure of pride & halachic ruling should not have trace of pride

Thursday, June 22, 1944 - Tammuz 1, 5704

Letter No. 160:

Importance of unity between body and soul, thought, feeling, and deed, & expression of these concepts in mitzvah of tefillin

Thursday, June 22, 1944 - Tammuz 1, 5704

Letter No. 159:

An explanation of our Sages’ statement: “The world from which we depart is like a wedding feast”

Tuesday, June 20, 1944 - Sivan 29, 5704

Letter No. 158:

The responsiveness of American Jews to the Kehot publications; that “America is not different”

Thursday, June 15, 1944 - Sivan 24, 5704

Letter No. 157:

A wedding is a reflection of the universal marriage, [the bond] between G d and the Jewish people

Wednesday, May 31, 1944 - Sivan 9, 5704

Letter No. 155:

Scholarly explanation of chassidic story regarding: “Akavya ben Mahalalel says:..” as: “The heel from a person who prays...”

Letter No. 154:

The importance of spreading the circulation of Kehot texts in schools; the challenge of education in the present day

Wednesday, April 26, 1944 - Iyar 3, 5704

Letter No. 153:

The significance of the 26th of Nissan, the yahrzeit of Yehoshua bin Nun

Monday, April 24, 1944 - Iyar 1, 5704

Letter No. 151:

Preliminary draft Publisher’s Foreword Kuntreis Bikkur Chicago; importance of not dismissing chassidic concepts; need to seek guidance

Letter No. 150:

Need to widen circulation texts printed by Kehot, within schools; positive influence evoked when Parshas Shemini read 8 times

Friday, April 07, 1944 - Nissan 14, 5704

Letter No. 149:

Interpretation of the blessings in the tenaim: “A man who finds a wife finds goodness and evokes favor from G d who is good.”

Sunday, March 26, 1944 - Nissan 2, 5704

Letter No. 147:

Donations given for the publication of a text of the Previous Rebbe’s talks; importance of studying Chassidus

Tuesday, March 21, 1944 - Adar 26, 5704

Letter No. 146:

The importance of giving spiritual charity

Wednesday, March 15, 1944 - Adar 20, 5704

Letter No. 145:

An analysis of the difference of opinion among our Sages whether a person is judged every day

Wednesday, March 15, 1944 - Adar 20, 5704

Letter No. 144:

Publisher’s Foreword

An explanation of several concepts in Chassidus

Letter No. 405:

The custom to recite each day a verse that begins and concludes with the same letters as begin and conclude one’s name

Sunday, October 03, 1948 - Elul 29, 5708

Letter No. 404:

Finding an appropriate educational environment for an observant girl

Thursday, September 23, 1948 - Elul 19, 5708

Letter No. 398:

The Divine service of Rosh HaShanah; its connection to the spiritual significance of ritual slaughter

Wednesday, September 22, 1948 - Elul 18, 5708

Letter No. 395:

Correspondence with a chassid

Wednesday, September 22, 1948 - Elul 18, 5708

Letter No. 394:

Explanation that the angel Michael would exchange all of his spiritual service for the sake of one of the four tzitzios of a Jew

Tuesday, September 14, 1948 - Elul 10, 5708

Letter No. 392:

Explanations regarding the differences between the four spiritual worlds

Sunday, September 05, 1948 - Elul 1, 5708

Letter No. 390:

Instructions regarding the publication of chassidic texts in Germany

Thursday, September 02, 1948 - Av 28, 5708

Letter No. 389:

An explanation of the mishnah beginning “There are three shields...”

Monday, August 30, 1948 - Av 25, 5708

Letter No. 388:

The determination of the first two of the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy

Wednesday, August 25, 1948 - Av 20, 5708

Letter No. 387:

A request that a chassid who recently settled in a community take an active role in Torah outreach

Sunday, August 08, 1948 - Av 3, 5708

Letter No. 385:

A request for assistance in organizing support for the Release Time program

Sunday, August 08, 1948 - Av 3, 5708

Letter No. 384:

Clarification regarding several concepts mentioned in the Rebbe’s Haggadah

Wednesday, August 04, 1948 - Tammuz 28, 5708

Letter No. 383:

A request for information concerning the Previous Rebbe’s daughter and son-in-law who perished in the Holocaust

Wednesday, August 04, 1948 - Tammuz 28, 5708

Letter No. 382:

Explanation: “Three told the truth & perished from this world”; the day of the week rather than the day of the month

Monday, July 26, 1948 - Tammuz 19, 5708

Letter No. 381:

Instructions to the Lubavitch community in Jerusalem

Thursday, July 22, 1948 - Tammuz 15, 5708

Letter No. 380:

A request for information concerning the Previous Rebbe’s daughter and son-in-law who perished in the Holocaust

Thursday, July 22, 1948 - Tammuz 15, 5708

Letter No. 379:

Previous Rebbe’s insight concerning possibility of war between U.S. and Russia; visits to outlying communities for sake of Torah

Thursday, July 22, 1948 - Tammuz 15, 5708

Letter No. 378:

Correspondence with a chassid

Friday, July 16, 1948 - Tammuz 9, 5708

Letter No. 374:

Correspondence with a chassid

Friday, July 16, 1948 - Tammuz 9, 5708

Letter No. 373:

Eating matzah on Pesach Sheni

Wednesday, July 14, 1948 - Tammuz 7, 5708

Letter No. 371:

A request for assistance for a chassid; the responsibility of the Jewish people for one another

Wednesday, June 02, 1948 - Iyar 24, 5708

Letter No. 366:

Inclusion halachic rulings in Alter Rebbe’s Siddur; when search for chametz should be conducted; bows in Shemoneh Esreh

Tuesday, May 25, 1948 - Iyar 16, 5708

Letter No. 365:

The importance of making Chassidus available to all Jews: men, women, and children