- 5699-1939, the Previous Rebbe asked his son-in-law, the Rebbe, to write a comprehensive treatise analyzing how the menorah was kindled in the beit hamikdash from the perspective of Halachah, Kabbalah, and Chasidut. The Rebbe accepted the assignment, writing a thorough book of 11 chapters, which was published in 1998 under the title Reshimat Hamenorah. 21 Adar
- 5731-1971, the Rebbe spoke intensely about the need to strengthen the Crown Heights community. ‐There are those who claim that we only have to look out for three houses or a few streets, so I will emphasize that I am referring to the entire neighborhood that is called Crown Heights, especially the synagogues. According to Jewish law, it is forbidden to sell them, and therefore any that have been sold must be repurchased … to restore the neighborhood to the way it was ten and twenty years ago, when my father-in-law settled here, and even beyond that‐. 23 Adar
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