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Rebbe Responsa — Vayak'hel 5785

Выпуск: Rebbe Responsa — Vayak'hel 5785. Темы: kashrut, family_education, holidays, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, пурим, песах, ханука, суккот, yom tov, פורים. Presented in this week's booklet is a selection of letters written to family and friends of individuals who began to doubt their Jewish observance and were contemplating leaving the path of Torah, as well as one letter addressed directly to an individual facing this challenge personally. I must say that it is one of the most “amazing” letters I have ever received, based on a most amazing conclusion of a person who, after following the Jewish way of life for 17 years has now decided that it was wrong because he did it for the sake of his wife and family. I have taken time out to write to you at some length, even though it is also common sense, and it is not original ideas, for you can find it, and more, in such sources as the Kuzari and other works of our great Jewish philosophers, because I have in mind the saying of our Sages: “There is no point in bewailing the past.” I trust that the wrong actions you are contemplating and have already initiated as a result of your woefully erroneous conclusion may yet be reversed, and that this letter may help you see your way clear to do what is good and proper, good and proper also for you and your family; which is also why this letter is being sent via Special Delivery. Surely, before taking steps that from your viewpoint could possibly be destructive to yourself and your family, don’t you think you ought first to discuss your doubts and conclusions with knowledgeable friends, both frum Source: Photocopy of the original. It reminds us, every one of us, to do our utmost to eliminate the cause that led to the Destruction and Golus, the sole cause being, as we say in our prayer Umipnei chato’einu — “Because of our sins we have been exiled from our land.” It particularly reminds us how careful one must be not to let anything make even a crack in the wall that protects “Jerusalem,” ‫שלם‬-‫ירא‬, and the “inner Beis Hamikdosh” which is the most cherished possession of every Jew — the indestructible counterpart of the physical Beis Hamikdosh that stood in Jerusalem of old. parents; check Teffilin; show living example To download the Rebbe Resp

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Rebbe Responsa

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22 марта 2025 г.

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16

Темы: kashrut, family_education, holidays, health_mind, parsha_commentary