“She answered that she loved to read novels. The Rebbe responded that as novels are fiction, what you read in them is not necessarily what happens in real life. It’s not as if two people meet and there is a… — Joseph Telushkin Copy Share Image
“An important feature of good characterization in a novel is that the characters are dimensionalized and are not all of one piece. Human beings, as Singer noted, have contradictions.” — Joseph Telushkin Copy Share Image
“God gave each of us a soul, which is a candle that He gives us to illuminate our surroundings with His light,” the Rebbe… — Joseph Telushkin Copy Share Image
“As the former British chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks has expressed it: “If the Nazis searched out every Jew in hate, the Rebbe wished to… — Joseph Telushkin Copy Share Image
“One year, on Yom Kippur eve, Salanter did not show up in synagogue for services. The congregation was extremely worried; they could only imagine… — Joseph Telushkin Copy Share Image
“She answered that she loved to read novels. The Rebbe responded that as novels are fiction, what you read in them is not necessarily… — Joseph Telushkin Copy Share Image
“On the Rebbe’s willingness to offer opinions and advice on a large range of issues, including theology, business, family affairs, and even medical questions:… — Joseph Telushkin Copy Share Image
“The Rebbe then elaborated: “All knowledge you’ll ever learn, every experience you’ll have in life, are the circles. They’re not the center. If you… — Joseph Telushkin Copy Share Image
“An important feature of good characterization in a novel is that the characters are dimensionalized and are not all of one piece. Human beings,… — Joseph Telushkin Copy Share Image
“The Rebbe now spoke in a manner that anticipated the work that was later to be done by the shluchim whom he dispatched throughout… — joseph telushkin Copy Share Image
“hereditary and transmitted through the paternal line. Therefore, a person whose father is not a priest cannot be a priest either. * Though without… — Joseph Telushkin Copy Share Image
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