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> [“God gave each of us a soul, which is a candle that He gives us to illuminate our surroundings with His light,” the Rebbe taught at a 1990 worldwide Chanukah satellite linkup. “We must not only illuminate the inside of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-telushkin/god-gave-each-of-us-a-soul-which-is-a-candle-that-he-gives-us-to/)

[Joseph Telushkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-telushkin/)

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## More by Joseph Telushkin

> [“God gave each of us a soul, which is a candle that He gives us to illuminate our surroundings with His light,” the Rebbe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-telushkin/god-gave-each-of-us-a-soul-which-is-a-candle-that-he-gives-us-to/)

[Joseph Telushkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-telushkin/)

> [“As the former British chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks has expressed it: “If the Nazis searched out every Jew in hate, the Rebbe wished to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-telushkin/as-the-former-british-chief-rabbi-jonathan-sacks-has-expressed-it-if/)

[Joseph Telushkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-telushkin/)

> [“One year, on Yom Kippur eve, Salanter did not show up in synagogue for services. The congregation was extremely worried; they could only imagine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-telushkin/one-year-on-yom-kippur-eve-salanter-did-not-show-up-in-synagogue-for/)

[Joseph Telushkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-telushkin/)

> [“She answered that she loved to read novels. The Rebbe responded that as novels are fiction, what you read in them is not necessarily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-telushkin/she-answered-that-she-loved-to-read-novels-the-rebbe-responded-that/)

[Joseph Telushkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-telushkin/)

> [“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:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-telushkin/on-the-rebbe-s-willingness-to-offer-opinions-and-advice-on-a-large/)

[Joseph Telushkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-telushkin/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-telushkin/the-rebbe-then-elaborated-all-knowledge-you-ll-ever-learn-every/)

[Joseph Telushkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-telushkin/)

> [“An important feature of good characterization in a novel is that the characters are dimensionalized and are not all of one piece. Human beings,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-telushkin/an-important-feature-of-good-characterization-in-a-novel-is-that-the/)

[Joseph Telushkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-telushkin/)

> [“The Rebbe now spoke in a manner that anticipated the work that was later to be done by the shluchim whom he dispatched throughout…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-telushkin/the-rebbe-now-spoke-in-a-manner-that-anticipated-the-work-that-was/)

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> [“hereditary and transmitted through the paternal line. Therefore, a person whose father is not a priest cannot be a priest either. \* Though without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-telushkin/hereditary-and-transmitted-through-the-paternal-line-therefore-a/)

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