INTRODUCTION
People naturally view the summer as a time to cease their study, slow their pace, and physically relax. This often includes a relaxation of spiritual standards, Judaism, and Torah study too.
The Rebbe conversely, views the summer as the ultimate tool of spiritual advance, and summer camps as the greatest form of educational outreach and progression.
This outlook is based on the Torah's comparison [and indeed the spiritual source] of the sun's radiance, to the revelation of G-dly light in this world ("Shemesh Havayah" - Tehilim 84:12). The power of the summer sun thus indicates a paralleled heightened presence of the Divine Name.
Since the Rebbe assumed leadership, the only (three) times he left the city of New York, was to visit the Lubavitch summer camps in the country (in 5716 (1956) 5717 (1957), and 5740 (1960)).
