Rebbe Letters: "Dear Rebbe, I Feel Guilty"

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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 [sighs] our study of the Reb's egress letters that Labavereba wrote to all kinds of people from all walks of life that were published and that we have the benefit of studying in order to glean some of the wisdom and guidance that the Reba offered to so many throughout the years. Tonight's letter. [clears throat] This is our is this our third week? Fourth week. This is our fourth week already of our gimmel tamos preparation. Getting ready for Gimmelite which is coming up uh Shabas after this one. And uh this shabas is shabasim tamos. And just to recap a little bit, our first letter was a letter to a to an illustrious uh aid who uh the Reb was speaking somewhat harshly to and telling him to do more in getting other people, even people who seem completely uh to have no connection to these types of things to get them to form a relationship with the Reb. That was our uh letter to uh Castleman. And our second week was a letter to a Arav, not a Kabad rabbi, but a uh a liter God, actually a great and well-known rabbi uh Mishanb and the Reb was answering a question that he had asked regarding the phrasing of a a bar mitzvah invitation. that that a mutual friend Rabbi Benian Sham Ben had sent out. By the way, I was uh at aa in Crown Heights the other day. Kassa actually for label Shamv son of Leybasi from West Bloomfield. I've mentioned before Ley and Basi are instrumental in making this whole class happen. So, uh when I was at the kasa, who did I see? none other than Shamv Shamv is the bar mitzvah boy in the letter the letter to Sternb that the Reb wrote heavb is asking about a bar mitzvah invitation that was sent out by Benash

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2. 6:36mother from the year that this letter was written, which is uh 1950. And in and…
3. 13:04inadequate the is responding with compassion and the Reb's compassionate response is one which has to…
4. 19:27[snorts] So this mi is similar to many of these mimm which came out in those…
5. 25:51there is. So, this is they're allowed and they're able to do it. Another thing is…
6. 32:30You know, a lot of people are afraid of Ellard once say This is from Ali…
7. 38:52didn't come up as a good inventory. it [laughter] uh what do you call when you…
8. 45:28He requested meaning from Hashem on behalf of Jews in general and he continues now in…
9. 52:12"You could still approach me about these things. And I'm not going to look at you…
10. 58:45shame about these issues. Private is different than shameful. Something can be private. It's not something…

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