Rabbi Nissan Mindel

Rabbi Nissan Mindel (2nd of Nissan 1912 - 12th of Tammuz 1999) was a member of the Rebbe's secretariat and one of the secretaries of the Frierdiker Rebbe, as well as an accomplished writer and activist.

Life History

Born on the 2nd of Nissan 1912 in Riga, Latvia, he studied in the educational institutions of Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov.

After his marriage to the daughter of Rabbi Avraham Sender Nemtzov, he was appointed as secretary to the Frierdiker Rebbe and left Europe together with the Frierdiker Rebbe, who took him along to the United States.

Rabbi Mindel merited to work for many years in the secretariat of the Frierdiker Rebbe and subsequently for the Rebbe.

Over the years, Rabbi Mindel worked in the Kehot Publication Society, authored and edited books, and was involved in organizing the spread of Yiddishkeit. Additionally, Rabbi Mindel served as the chief secretary of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch and as a board member of Machne Israel and Agudas Chassidei Chabad worldwide.

On the 12th of Tammuz 1999, he passed away and was laid to rest in New York near the Ohel of the Frierdiker Rebbe.

Family

• His brother, R' DovBer Mindel
• His only daughter, Mrs. Freida Chava, wife of Rabbi Shalom Ber Shapiro - Director of the Rabbi Nissan Mindel Archives

His Books

Books in English

• Likkutei Amarim Tanya - with English translation
• Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi - Biography
• The Philosophy of Chabad
• The Lubavitcher Rebbe's Memoirs (2 volumes)
• The Letter and the Spirit - Igros Kodesh in English (6 volumes)
• My Prayer - Prayer explanations (2 volumes)
• Our People - Jewish history (4 volumes)
• The Storyteller - Selected stories from youth talks in English (4 volumes)
• The Call of the Shofar - Children's stories (booklet)
• The Complete Story of Tishrei (booklet)
• The Complete Story of Chanukah (booklet)
• The Complete Story of Purim (booklet)
• The Complete Story of Pesach (booklet)
• The Complete Story of Shavuot (booklet)
• The Complete Festival Series (compilation book of the booklets)
• The Divine Commandments - The meaning and role of mitzvos according to Chassidus (booklet)
• Junior Code of Law - Kitzur Shulchan Aruch for youth

Books in Yiddish

• Dertzeil Mir a Mayse - Selected stories from youth talks in Yiddish (3 volumes)
• Ver, Vos, Vu, Ven - Who, What, Where, When - "Did You Know?" section from youth talks in Yiddish

Books Translated to Hebrew

• Va'ani Tefilasi (2 volumes)
• Ma SheSuper Li Saba (4 volumes)
• HaSippur HaMaleh Shel Chodesh Tishrei
• Aseres HaDibros
• Amenu
• Mi Ma V'Eimasai
• Leket Nitzutzei Ohr
• Moreh L'Dor Navoch - The Rebbe's letters written in English, translated to Hebrew

Further Reading

Stories from the Rebbe's Room, Menachem Ziegelboim, 2009