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More About Education from Chabad.orgLetters of the Rebbe about Education
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Tuesday, November 05, 1963 - Cheshvan 18, 5724
Is the purpose of Torah education merely to increase the child’s knowledge, or is character training also vitally needed?
Monday, July 30, 1973 - Av 1, 5733
“As soon as a child begins to speak, his father must begin to teach him…” This fundamental concept that our sage’s have taught is the essence of Jewish Torah education. Every child must be given full attention as early as possible.
While one may think morality need not be divinely inspired, history demonstrates, however, that separation between G-d and morality be catastrophic.
Sunday, November 02, 1969 - Cheshvan 21, 5730
Abraham’s son Ishmael was circumcised at age 13 with full awareness and consciousness, in contrast to Isaac, who was circumcised as a mere infant who could not possibly comprehend. The latter has strong implications for Jewish education.
Sunday, January 14, 1979 - Tevet 15, 5739
Many see education as a mere process of acquiring knowledge in specific areas, which can at one stage or another be completed. Torah education, however, is an ongoing and continuous process, never ending and totally infinite.
Thursday, May 01, 1952 - Iyar 6, 5712
Is vacation time a slowdown of study and practice, or is it a transition from one activity to another?
Sunday, May 26, 1974 - Sivan 5, 5734
When on vacation without the responsibility of day-to-day school activities, boys and girls have an even greater opportunity to catch their spiritual breath!
Sunday, December 01, 1957 - Kislev 8, 5718
What can we do when children seem to be nervous and uninterested in their studies?
Tuesday, November 28, 1961 - Kislev 20, 5722
The Rebbe responds to a student who asked if he should transfer to a academy of higher Jewish learning.
Thursday, July 05, 1962 - Tammuz 3, 5722
The Rebbe responds to a Yeshivah student regarding why he cannot concentrate on his prayers and what he should do if he likes studying a certain subject more.
Wednesday, November 21, 1962 - Cheshvan 24, 5723
"The following is in reply to your request to state my views on the question of the Regents Prayer..."
Thursday, March 21, 1963 - Adar 25, 5723
Learning from the Baal Shem Tov
The importance of educating small children.
Monday, April 14, 1969 - Nissan 26, 5729
The Rebbe advises a young woman regarding where she should pursue her higher education.
Thursday, March 15, 1979 - Adar 16, 5739
With regard to your question whether it would be advisable for you to move to another place
Monday, April 25, 1955 - Iyar 3, 5715
Medical advice to a young educator
Thursday, August 22, 1963 - Elul 2, 5723
If the role of education is to civilize the human being, and if civilization is the subordination of the individual will to a higher authority, can there be such a thing as a wholly "secular" education?
Thursday, December 10, 1987 - Kislev 19, 5748
5748 [1987-88]
A primary element of Hakhel in the Holy Temple was hearing (and learning) Torah from the king. Today, this is expressed in Jewish education, both for young people and those who were unable to learn when they were young.
Tuesday, March 04, 1952 - Adar 7, 5712
Purim, 5712
The education of the
young is very much like the
planting of a seed.
Sunday, December 08, 1974 - Kislev 24, 5735
Tuesday, September 04, 1956 - Elul 28, 5716
With everything in existence, one must transform things from the potential to the actual and develop them.
Wednesday, April 13, 1977 - Nissan 25, 5737
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Thursday, December 10, 1987 - Kislev 19, 5748
A primary element of Hakhel in the Holy Temple was hearing (and learning) Torah from the king. Today, this is expressed in Jewish education, both for young people and those who were unable to learn when they were young.
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. . .
Wednesday, April 26, 1944 - Iyar 3, 5704
Letter No. 153:
Thursday, October 17, 1974 - Cheshvan 1, 5735
Tuesday, May 17, 1960 - Iyar 20, 5720
Tuesday, December 11, 1956 - Tevet 7, 5717
Monday, December 10, 1962 - Kislev 13, 5723
Sunday, December 01, 1963 - Kislev 15, 5724
Monday, March 02, 1959 - Adar I 22, 5719
Monday, February 04, 1974 - Shevat 12, 5734
Tuesday, September 01, 1959 - Av 28, 5719
Sunday, June 04, 1961 - Sivan 20, 5721
Sunday, July 05, 1981 - Tammuz 3, 5741
Friday, December 28, 1973 - Tevet 3, 5734
Monday, October 08, 1973 - Tishrei 12, 5734
Sunday, May 21, 1978 - Iyar 14, 5738
A letter to a newly established synagogue in suburban New York
Friday, December 11, 1942 - Tevet 3, 5703
Letter No. 44
Excerpt from a letter by the Rebbe to a graduating yeshiva class.
Friday, March 01, 1968 - Adar 1, 5728
Tuesday, November 07, 1967 - Cheshvan 4, 5728
Friday, February 11, 1966 - Shevat 21, 5726
Monday, July 30, 1973 - Av 1, 5733
Wednesday, July 23, 1975 - Av 15, 5735
We can hasten the redemption by removing the reason for the exile, Torah education for girls is the path forward.
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