BREAKING: 10,000 Newly Revealed Letters from the Lubavitcher Rebbe
6/18/20261 hr 13 min
This special Gimmel Tammuz episode of Meaningful People explores the Lubavitcher Rebbe's letters and the conversations, questions, and life experiences behind them. Rabbi Shais Taub, Shmuel Greene, and members of the Sichos In English team join Nachi Gordon to share stories of the Rebbe's correspondence with people from all walks of life and what those letters reveal about his perspective on life, purpose, relationships, challenges, and personal growth.
Along the way, they share powerful stories of personal correspondence, unique relationships the Rebbe built with people from all walks of life, and the lessons that continue to resonate decades later. From a scientist searching for life in space to a struggling teacher seeking direction, These conversations offer a fascinating look at how timeless ideas can be applied to everyday life.
This Episode was made possible by Sichos in English
The English Letters is a brand-new series featuring thousands of previously unpublished English letters from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, edited and produced by Sichos In English and published by Kehos.
Covering everything from marriage and parenting to faith, career decisions, and personal struggles, these letters offer the Rebbe's guidance in his own words, personal, practical, and timeless.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
The Rebbe writes back, "I have to take exception to the use of the term small Jew." His father was looking for help from a far-flung community, and all of a sudden, the Rebbe Shliach appears there on the island. Long story short, they got the kid into camp, and then into yeshiva, and then the father writes a letter of thanks to the Rebbe for remembering a small Jew from Curaçao. So the Rebbe writes back, letter in English, "I have to take exception to the use of the term small Jew." Because if you read chapter two of Tanya, it says that every Jew has a Nefesh Elokis, a godly soul, which has infinite potential. So there's no such thing as a small Jew. Maybe if you would've come across it in a Sikha or in a Maamar, yeah, sure, yeah, every Jew has a godly soul, chapter two of Tanya- Right ... no small Jew. But you see it in the context- Practically applied.
Nachi Gordon· Host0:48
Yeah ...
Speaker 10:48
practically applied, like, in a relationship. The Rebbe's talking to this guy. It's in English, which is, like, a practical, down-to-earth language, and it hits completely [laughs] differently.
Nachi Gordon· Host0:58
Welcome to this special edition episode of Meaningful People. Today is Gimmel Tammuz. It is the Yahrtzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. And I sit down with Rabbi Shais Taub, Shmulie Green, Herzl and Shmulie from the SIE team. And let me tell you guys something very, very important. Over 10,000 letters have been surfaced, have been [laughs] found, that have, many of which have not been published before, from the Rebbe in English, English letters. And we dive into so much of that today.