The Side of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Most People Never Saw

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The Rebbe writes back, "I have to take exception to the use of the term small Jew. This father was looking for help from a far-flung community, and all of a sudden the Rebbe's 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 Curacao. So the [music] Rebbe writes back, letter in English, "I have to take exception to the use of the term small Jew because [music] if you read chapter two of Tanya, 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 have come across it in a sicha or in a ma'amar, you know, sure, yeah, every Jew has a godly soul, chapter two of Tanya, no small Jew. But you see it in the context practically applied. 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 differently. >> Welcome to this special edition episode of Meaningful People. Today is Gimel Tammuz. It is the yahrzeit of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. And I sit down with Rabbi Shais Taub, Shmuely Green, Hertzel and Shmuely from the SIE team. And let me tell you guys something very, very important. Over 10,000 letters have been surfaced, have been 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. So enjoy this episode.

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1. 0:00The Rebbe writes back, "I have to take exception to the use of the term small…
2. 5:35concepts. And then you have the letters. And the letters Well, what are the letters? The…
3. 11:43because I think you alluded to already there's a whole new >> Yeah. >> burst of…
4. 17:23letter, but there's a letter a young woman, I think she was single. She was teaching.…
5. 23:59>> My pleasure. >> and for >> for continuing to um to be a host of…
6. 30:34forced to desegregate. And half the staff, half the faculty resigned and quit. >> Wow. >>…
7. 36:43have a an acquaintance, a friend of mine that said to me the other day, he…
8. 42:20Because it's not my business or I'm not in this business to win arguments. I'm in…
9. 48:25organization right now that's not Chabad. An organization that's strengthening the state of Israel through the…
10. 55:03brings makes you start wondering more questions about it and it's just it's endless, yeah. >>…

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