Editing Hebrew (section)

==== The Effort to Impose Hebrew in Israel ====
In the early years of the State of Israel, as part of the "melting pot" policy, with the goal of merging Jews immigrating from different countries into an "Israeli" people with Israeli culture, the state leadership fought for the imposition of the Hebrew language. Many changed their names and family names from other languages to Hebrew, willingly or by coercion, and there was also a war against the use of the Yiddish language, which was considered "diaspora-like" in the eyes of the Zionists.

For this reason, several organizations, such as "The Union for the Imposition of Hebrew in the Land of Israel" and the Tel Aviv Municipality, fought against the Talmud Torah Toras Emes in Tel Aviv, which was founded in 5684 (1924), and the Yeshiva Achei Temimim in Tel Aviv, which was founded in 5698 (1938), where they taught in Yiddish. But over the years and following the expansion of the children's population, these institutions, as well as other Chabad educational institutions established in the Land of Israel, gradually transitioned to teaching in Hebrew.

The Rebbe strongly attacked this approach, arguing that it would lead to a people united externally but torn from within:<blockquote>"The difference in the work of Lubavitch, although among our students there are those who learn in Yiddish and those who learn in the Holy Language, is that all our effort and work is to unite them internally and in their inner essence... then there is no difference at all in which language they speak, since the content of their speech is one; while regrettably, several defenders of the language try to impose the unity of spoken language and increase the division in the hearts between fathers and sons, between the younger generation and the generation that educated and raised them until now. And what will it benefit his honor if they beat each other (physically or spiritually), man against his brother and son against his father, while calling out 'strike, you shall strike' specifically in the language of the Bible and not in the German language?"  — Igros Kodesh Volume 10, Letter 2,988</blockquote>