The initiative to hold public Menorah lightings was controversial. Here we explore how, in the years following the launch of Mivtza Chanukah in 1974, Shluchim gradually began to hold public Menorah lightings—and how the Rebbe responded to their critics.

The initiative to hold public Menorah lightings was controversial. Here we explore how, in the years following the launch of Mivtza Chanukah in 1974, Shluchim gradually began to hold public Menorah lightings—and how the Rebbe responded to their critics.

This somewhat meta-Shiur examines several letters from the Rebbe cautioning that his responses are written to individuals and are not applicable to the general public, which raises the question: is it OK to learn the Rebbe's letters and apply them directly to our lives?

In other words: is our Iggros Shiur OK?

For almost every year of published Iggros, we have a printed telegram from the Rebbe encouraging a 19 Kislev Farbrengen. Each year's telegram is slightly different, and sheds unique light on the importance of the day and how the Farbrengen should be arranged.

Part 3: 1980-1992

For almost every year of published Iggros, we have a printed telegram from the Rebbe encouraging a 19 Kislev Farbrengen. Each year's telegram is slightly different, and sheds unique light on the importance of the day and how the Farbrengen should be arranged.

Part 2: 1960-1980

For almost every year of published Iggros, we have a printed telegram from the Rebbe encouraging a 19 Kislev Farbrengen. Each year's telegram is slightly different, and sheds unique light on the importance of the day and how the Farbrengen should be arranged.

Part 1: 1951-1960

Several letters from the Rebbe addressing concerns of "Hasagas Gvul" (encroachment) when a new school opens next to an existing institution, or when a new rabbi begins teaching in a town with an existing rabbinate.

The Rebbe sent a surprisingly fundamental letter on 15 Kislev fifty years ago, and a hint as to why he might have chosen this otherwise unsung day may be found in a letter that Reb Levik sent the Rebbe and Rebbetzin on their second wedding anniversary.

A brigadier general in the IDF writes to the Rebbe asking for the secret of Jewish survival.

In this series of letters from the Rebbe addressing loneliness, two distinct approachs emerge. Some writers are shown ways to conquer loneliness; others are shown ways to embrace it.