The Meaning of Freedom – Part 1
12 Tammuz 5745 • July 1, 1985
The Meaning of Freedom - Part 1: 12 Tammuz 5745 • July 1, 1985The Stalinist regime that imprisoned my father-in-law, the Rebbe, in 1927, was then a superpower. Despite that, he defied his oppressors. He did not budge an inch in anything that jeopardized his principles. Even at the train station, about to be exiled, he declared publicly: “Only our bodies, not our souls, were sent into exile.” And indeed, his defiance led to his release.
The Meaning of Freedom – Part 1
12 Tammuz 5745 • July 1, 1985
Disc 37, Program 146
Event Date: 12 Tammuz 5745 - July 01, 1985
The Stalinist regime that imprisoned my father-in-law, the Rebbe, in 1927, was then a superpower. Despite that, he defied his oppressors. He did not budge an inch in anything that jeopardized his principles. Even at the train station, about to be exiled, he declared publicly: “Only our bodies, not our souls, were sent into exile.” And indeed, his defiance led to his release. Exile has no control over a Jew’s observance of Judaism. Even when circumstances have landed him in an unlettered environment, his captivity there is only temporary and superficial. His true essence can always surface, because G‑d will not allow His child to remain a prisoner. Even if a Jew is Jewish by name only, the story of my father-in-law’s liberation will infuse him with the requisite strength to liberate his own soul from its temporary exile. |
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