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Letter & Spirit - Personal and Public Correspondence of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

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Thursday, May 11, 1978 - Iyar 4, 5738
Sunday, December 04, 1960 - Kislev 15, 5721
Wednesday, July 27, 1960 - Av 3, 5720
Tuesday, April 02, 1985 - Nissan 11, 5745
Tuesday, April 12, 1983 - Nissan 29, 5743
Sunday, May 01, 1983 - Iyar 18, 5743
Monday, October 26, 1964 - Cheshvan 20, 5725
The claim that LSD can stimulate mystical insight, etc., is not the proper way to attain mystical inspiration. . .
Tuesday, September 09, 1980 - Elul 28, 5740
5741 [1980-81]
We see from experience that a person can lift and carry a much larger load when carrying it together with another.
Saturday, August 30, 1980 - Elul 18, 5740
5741 [1980-81]
Coming after the Shemitah year—when Jewish farmers leave the fields and study Torah—Hakhel is an opportunity to unite and gain inspiration for the six years of work that follow.
Monday, September 28, 1981 - Elul 29, 5741
5727 [1966-67]
The Rebbe appeals directly to children, encouraging them to hold regular Hakhel gatherings, particularly on Shabbat, and to take the lessons of Hakhel to heart.
Monday, September 08, 1952 - Elul 18, 5712
5713 [1952-53]
The call of the Mitzva of Hakhel: The education of Jewish children and support of Torah-true educational institutions.
Monday, April 10, 1978 - Nissan 3, 5738
Wednesday, April 23, 1952 - Nissan 28, 5712
Can one be both realistic and postive at the same time?
It is regrettable that public opinion has not sufficiently been aroused in protest against the vogue in some circles to squander millions of dollars on centers, or even fancy synagogues, at a time when the money could be much better spent in support of Jewish education. . .
Paying lip-service to Jewish education, or even initiating another research project and the like, does not minimize the disregard and insensitivity towards something that is vitally important to the survival of our people...
In view of the prevailing climate of permissiveness, and the erosion of the moral and social foundations of the environment in which Jews are a small minority, it is simply a question of survival for the Jew as a Jew. . .
Having read your letter very carefully, the first question that occurred to me was: what will the Jewish children gain from our exchange of correspondence? What have they gained, and what will they gain today or tomorrow?
Tuesday, November 28, 1950 - Kislev 19, 5711
There rests upon me both the obligation as well as the great merit to propose, request, etc., that on this day there should be studied from his Torah during the farbrengen, and that tzedakah be given l’zeicher nishmaso.
Thursday, November 08, 1973 - Cheshvan 13, 5734
Monday, July 30, 1973 - Av 1, 5733
Thursday, August 20, 1970 - Av 18, 5730
When Sharon sought the Rebbe’s counsel in 1970 about whether he should retire from the military and enter politics, the Rebbe strongly encouraged him to remain at his post.
Monday, February 26, 1951 - Adar I 20, 5711
Any thinking person must frequently ask himself, “What is my life’s purpose?” This question occurs more frequently and with greater force in the minds of the studying youth, who dedicate a number of their best years to study and preparation for their future life lying still fully ahead of them.
Monday, February 05, 1962 - Adar I 1, 5722
It is essential that right from the earliest childhood to adolescence the Jewish child should receive the fullest possible Jewish education...
Wednesday, November 24, 1954 - Cheshvan 28, 5715
Tuesday, February 17, 1959 - Adar I 9, 5719
There exists the danger that a new generation will grow up, a new type bearing the name of Israel but completely divorced from the past of our people and its eternal and essential values, and moreover, hostile to it in its world outlook, its culture, and the content of its daily life...
Thursday, May 14, 1964 - Sivan 3, 5724
To say that there is, or can be, “scientific proof” that the earth revolves around the sun is quite an unscientific and uncritical statement. . .
A nuanced and multifaceted approach to making Aliyah.
How sad that some Jewish leaders who, for the illusion of peace — and frightened by threats of further violence in the midst of a hostile and callous world—were prepared to surrender portions of our land, in the ill-conceived belief that our enemies would thereby be appeased.
If going to a foreign country necessitates obtaining a visa from the government of that country, then when one desires to visit a land which is Holy, a special “visa” is surely required.
Can one’s protestations against G‑d themselves be proof of belief in the existence of G‑d?