The Rebbe’s advice - Rabbi Chaim Wolosow

Acknowledges the request to appoint a shochet and chazan but explains the need to avoid weakening another community, especially one where he has long served. Suggests finding a suitable replacement first and meeting with visiting shochtim to discuss improving the situation locally.

https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/004_igros_kodesh/sivan/1073

Sends contribution toward wedding expenses and blesses the couple to build a Torah-based home. Adds an explanation of how Torah study is “greater than all” yet is set aside for mitzvos like hachnasas kallah, citing the Alter Rebbe’s teaching that fulfilling mitzvos elevates one’s Torah learning.

https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/004_igros_kodesh/sivan/1072

States he will mention the wife at the Rebbe’s Ohel for blessings and asks if medical advice beyond the current treatments was received, stressing the need for some natural intervention. Concludes with blessings for good news and inquiring about his daughter and son-in-law’s Torah path.

https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/004_igros_kodesh/sivan/1071

Thanks the recipient for their concern for Jews in Eretz Yisrael and requests notes from their visit, especially about Kfar Chabad, students’ spirit, party influences, life in immigrant camps, and the general state of observance in the Holy Land.

https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/004_igros_kodesh/sivan/1070

Blesses the engaged couple to build a strong Jewish home on Torah and Chassidus, emphasizing the need for Chassidus’ light in today’s dark times. Shares the Rebbe Rayatz’s teaching from Pesach Sheni that nothing is ever lost and one can always return and be uplifted.

https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/004_igros_kodesh/sivan/1069

Advises that settling in Canada may be harder than in South America or Australia, yet blesses their move to any location with success in material and spiritual matters. Clarifies there is no halachic issue regarding the shidduch despite one of their names being the same, citing Tzemach Tzedek’s responsa.

https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/004_igros_kodesh/sivan/1068

Explains that lines in the pan accepting potential suffering were omitted, as they are inappropriate when requesting mercy to annul hardships. Expresses hope for the son’s improved situation and advises on contacting Rabbi Zingerovitch in Rio de Janeiro for assistance with relocation to Brazil.

https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/004_igros_kodesh/sivan/1067

Encourages maintaining Torah study at home if unable to attend shul, stressing the Baal Shem Tov’s teaching to serve Hashem with joy, which breaks barriers and brings abundant blessings. Concludes with wishes for improved health and long, good years filled with Torah and mitzvos.

https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/004_igros_kodesh/sivan/1066

Commends efforts in arranging personal study and mikveh observance and emphasizes their great importance. Strongly supports guiding outstanding students to relocate to yeshivos, ideally in New York or at least Chicago, as a step forward. Concludes with blessings for success and a suitable shidduch.

https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/004_igros_kodesh/sivan/1065

The Rebbe blesses for a healthy, easy pregnancy and birth. Regarding physical contact during and after pregnancy, he advises clarifying if the concern is halachic (then ask a Rav) or medical (then ask a doctor), especially since she experienced spotting.

https://www.torahrecordings.com/rebbe/igroskodesh/015/012/5634