Rebbe Letters

Apr 03 2023 17

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Rabbi Shais Taub has delivered Torah lectures and classes to audiences on six continents. He writes a popular weekly column in Ami Magazine and is the author of the bestselling book, G-d of Our Understanding: Jewish Spirituality and Recovery from Addiction as well as several groundbreaking works on Tanya including: the Tanya Map teaching tool, the Soul Maps curriculum, and the audio series Mapping the Tanya. He currently serves as scholar-in-residence at Chabad of the Five Towns in Cedarhurst, NY. His lectures and classes may be found on SoulWords.org.

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It's Kind of Personal

Mar 11 2022 3 mins

Over the years, the Rebbe answered tens of thousands of letters, a portion of which are printed in the series known as Igros Kodesh. In these letters, we find a treasure trove of compassion, wisdom, faith, and practicality—but perhaps most importantly, a direct path to personal insight into the Rebbe's approach to a vast range of life's issues. Join Rabbi Shais Taub together w

Letter 1- Should a Farbrebgen Keep You Away from Home?

Mar 14 2022 48 mins

The inaugural class of a series on studying the published letters of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Rabbi Taub provides a brief background about the letters printed in Igros Kodesh and then studies one letter. This letter was addressed to the men and boys of Kfar Chabad in Israel and discusses the need to balance chasidic fervor with attention to one's home life as well as how one can a

Letter 2- How to Be a Spiritual Trendsetter

Mar 15 2022 41 mins

This letter was written by the Rebbe to a young bride encouraging her to be an "early adopter" of certain chasidic customs including covering her hair with a "sheitel."

Letter 3- Faith, Fertility, and When to Listen to Doctors

Mar 15 2022 45 mins

In response to a woman who feared she was infertile, the Rebbe tells her to hold strong in her trust in Hashem and then calls upon her to actualize her potential to influence her surroundings.

Letter 4- Impress the Neighbors or Please the Rebbe?

Mar 16 2022 33 mins

The Rebbe writes to a husband who blames his lack of spiritual growth on his wife. The Rebbe does not accept this excuse and implores him to resolve his own lack of clarity and then he will see that his wife is his greatest support.

Letter 5- Advice for a Rabbi

Mar 17 2022 30 mins

The Rebbe gives advice to Rabbi Herschel Shusterman a"h of Chicago about dealing with both youth and adults.

Letter 6- Finding Your Special Mitzvah

Mar 18 2022 31 mins

Each one of us has a special mitzvah in which we are meant to shine more than others. One must be extra vigilant about this particular mitzvah and realize that the evil inclination will try to distract us from it even by getting us to do good things that are not our special mitzvah.

Letter 7- Stay Above Politics

Mar 20 2022 36 mins

The role of a Jewish school was once merely to ensure that a child become an educated Jew. Today, however, the school's purpose is far more basic than that, i.e. to see to it that the child remain within the fold of Judaism. Torah institutions must appeal to all kinds of Jews and it is not worth the risk of turning someone away by affiliating the school with anything connected to p

Letter 8- Youth Should Not Think About Earning a Living

Mar 21 2022 34 mins

The Rebbe expresses pain about young people who are overly fixated on how they will make a living in the future.

Letter 9- Should Unpaid Teachers Strike?

Mar 22 2022 38 mins

The Rebbe writes to a teachers' union warning them about the irrevocable harm that can be caused by a teachers' strike.