A letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe about the importance of education for children and on reaching out to soldiers in the IDF.
In response to your letter . . . in which you write about your current situation and that you are unsure about your future, etc.
I heard that you are successful in the field of education and that very few people are involved in this sacred endeavor — to provide [children with] a holy Torah education, at a time when the need for this is so great that appears that in the Holy Land, may it be rebuilt and reestablished, the livelihood of teachers will soon be secured. It is therefore my opinion that you should continue to work in the Chabad educational institutions. Do this in a manner that maximizes your abilities which will automatically expand them too.
It is my hope that you continue to be a positive influence on your friends who are still in the IDF in the framework of Chabad programs for the youth. An influence that draws them nearer to Judaism in general (which is primarily about the practical mitzvot, as is obvious) and to Chasidus specifically. I have already written to someone that those who served in the IDF have the great privilege and obligation [to reach out to the soldiers with whom they served]. There are many obvious reasons for this, primary among them is that they have greater access to the soldiers than those who have never served in the IDF.
You certainly maintain daily Torah study sessions in both the revealed dimension of the Torah and in Chasidus. This, in addition to the three well-known daily sessions of Chumash, Psalms, and Tanya.
—Igros Kodesh 16, pp. 45-46
