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

Hebrew Pronunciation and Organ Donation

Monday, April 14, 1969 - Nissan 26, 5729

Is a Baal Teshuvah Really an Outcast?

Monday, March 20, 1967 - Adar II 8, 5727

Never Too Late

Tuesday, May 22, 1951 - Iyar 16, 5711

The Need for Torah Education

Wednesday, March 26, 1986 - Adar II 15, 5746

Guidelines for Outreach

Thursday, June 23, 1960 - Sivan 28, 5720

Halachic Status of the Falashas

Thursday, February 02, 1961 - Shevat 16, 5721

The Mitzva of Hakhel Today

Monday, September 08, 1952 - Elul 18, 5712

18th of Elul 5712 [1952]

The call of the Mitzva of Hakhel: The education of Jewish children and support of Torah-true educational institutions.

Becoming Bar Mitzvah

Tuesday, January 19, 1954 - Shevat 15, 5714

Repenting with Joy

Monday, July 26, 1954 - Tammuz 25, 5714

Why The Seven Circuits under the Chupah?

Thursday, June 15, 1950 - Sivan 30, 5710

Chabad Music at Wedding

Thursday, December 08, 1966 - Kislev 25, 5727

Practical Advice for Women's Torah Study Group

Monday, November 10, 1958 - Cheshvan 27, 5719

Visiting Israel

Thursday, February 23, 1978 - Adar I 16, 5738

As I had occasion to mention this to others, visiting another country often requires a visa, and the "visa" insofar as a country which is recognized even by non-Jews as the "Holy Land" is surely in terms of an extra measure of holiness.

Dating by Starlight

Friday, May 11, 1956 - Sivan 1, 5716

You wrote that you read in astronomy books that there are stars whose light rays must travel far more than six thousand years until reaching Earth. How, you asked, could that fit with our holy Torah’s position that we are in the year 5716 since Creation?

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Wednesday, October 26, 1955 - Cheshvan 10, 5716

Conjectures and Refutations

Monday, May 14, 1956 - Sivan 4, 5716

Post-Genesis Evolution

Thursday, October 11, 1951 - Tishrei 11, 5712

Creation does not deny the possibility of evolution after that of particular species through various mutations. . .

Analysis of Geochronology

Wednesday, November 14, 1962 - Cheshvan 17, 5723

I studied science on the university level from 1928–1932 in Berlin, and from 1934–1938 in Paris, and I have tried to follow scientific developments in certain areas ever since.

The Age of the Universe

Monday, December 25, 1961 - Tevet 18, 5722

Basically the problem has its roots in a misconception of the scientific method or, simply, of what science is.

Preconceptions and Open-Mindedness

Tuesday, August 18, 1959 - Av 14, 5719

The conclusions as to the age of the universe reached by various fields within science contradict each other. Scientific researchers were forced to contrive all kinds of ad hoc rationales to explain away these contradictions. . .

Hitler's Scientists and the Belief in the Creator

Wednesday, May 08, 1963 - Iyar 14, 5723

You begin your letter with a warning that you don’t believe in G-d, Heaven forbid, because you are uncertain as to whether He exists. . .

Reproof of Existence of G-d

Wednesday, June 24, 1959 - Sivan 18, 5719

It isn’t a question of logical proof since the facts, the actual events and occurrences, relay a clear and undeniable testimony. . .

Proof of Existence of G-d

Tuesday, June 02, 1959 - Iyar 25, 5719

Is there a convincing proof for the existence of the Creator that could satisfy us as skeptics beyond the faintest shadow of a doubt?

Regards from Daughter and Granddaughter Whom I Met Today

Monday, December 05, 1988 - Kislev 26, 5749

Health. Hakhel