Connecting to a Loved One Who Has Passed Away | Letter #12 of 30 Letters in 30 Days

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Shais Taub’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Good evening. Welcome to 30 Letters in 30 Days. This is letter number 12. And um tonight is a poignant letter. A letter about loss, loss of a loved one. But uh it's also about how that connection can be maintained. how that connection can be maintained. And obviously that is something that is important to many of us. So um you know, as a rabbi one of the questions that I hear most often is this question. How to remain connected to loved ones who have remain connected to loved ones who have moved on to another world. And there are many answers from the Rebbe about this subject. Uh many places where the Rebbe speaks about the eternality of the soul. Um but this is the letter that we're reading tonight. And each letter is another glimpse into a real person and a real relationship with the person and a real relationship with the Rebbe. And um happens to be that in preparation for tonight's class I made a call to a dear friend of mine and a uh a supporter of Soul Words, Rabbi Shmuel ben Yamin Fogelman from Los Angeles. And I said, "Uh do you know anything about this letter?" And he said, "Yeah, I do." And he told me quite a bit. I do." And he told me quite a bit. He actually says he may have the original letter in his possession or he may have access to it. He's traveling right now, so he couldn't provide me the image. Um but in the coming days that may be forthcoming with Hashem's help. I'm not going to share everything that he told me um because it's not all for public consumption even though um I'm not going to share the name and

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2. 3:10that uh as a kid growing up in Worcester, Massachusetts um let's just say that the…
3. 6:49honor and tribute to uh illustrious and prestigious rabbis. Um but yeah, Rabbi Hershel Fogelman from…
4. 10:33this is this is an incredible response to people that you would not necessarily expect receive…
5. 14:19Um probably from Eastern Europe. And um now they come to America and they have a…
6. 18:01it's very clear that the Rebbe is speaking about the soul of this young man resting…
7. 21:38Now that you know that it's also a suicide situation, it's obviously that much more profound…
8. 25:19Shabbos Vayikra Taf Shin Nun. The Rebbe was speaking very strong words about uh nothing negative…
9. 29:02So, if you're going to have a firm calmness, a festic ruach kite, like a real…
10. 32:40cents, a few pennies. 1959 a few pennies was still worth something. Give a small amount…

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