Igros Kodesh (The Rebbe): Difference between revisions

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== Special Expressions of the Rebbe ==

After several volumes of "Igrot Kodesh" ~~(Holy Letters)~~ were printed, when the secretary Rabbi Shalom Mendel Simpson presented the Rebbe with a collection of letters he had taken from the archive to send to print, the Rebbe turned to him and asked: "Oib m'kocht zich in di igrot?" [= Are people passionately engaged in studying the letters?] R' Shalom Mendel answered that he heard from his son, who was studying at the yeshiva in Morristown at that time, that the bochurim (students) there had established a regular study schedule of 'Igrot Kodesh'. The Rebbe said to me: "Bochurim? Bochurim farshtei ich! Ober vos tut zich mit yungeleit?" [= Bochurim, I understand! But what's happening with the married men?]

After several volumes of "Igrot Kodesh" were printed, when the secretary Rabbi Shalom Mendel Simpson presented the Rebbe with a collection of letters he had taken from the archive to send to print, the Rebbe turned to him and asked: "Oib m'kocht zich in di igrot?" [= Are people passionately engaged in studying the letters?] R' Shalom Mendel answered that he heard from his son, who was studying at the yeshiva in Morristown at that time, that the bochurim (students) there had established a regular study schedule of 'Igrot Kodesh'. The Rebbe said to me: "Bochurim? Bochurim farshtei ich! Ober vos tut zich mit yungeleit?" [= Bochurim, I understand! But what's happening with the married men?]

When the tenth volume of Igrot Kodesh was published, the Rebbe inquired why no celebration was being held, and on that occasion, a large event was arranged to mark the publication of the volume.

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 == Special Expressions of the Rebbe ==
-After several volumes of "Igrot Kodesh" (Holy Letters) were printed, when the secretary Rabbi Shalom Mendel Simpson presented the Rebbe with a collection of letters he had taken from the archive to send to print, the Rebbe turned to him and asked: "Oib m'kocht zich in di igrot?" [= Are people passionately engaged in studying the letters?] R' Shalom Mendel answered that he heard from his son, who was studying at the yeshiva in Morristown at that time, that the bochurim (students) there had established a regular study schedule of 'Igrot Kodesh'. The Rebbe said to me: "Bochurim? Bochurim farshtei ich! Ober vos tut zich mit yungeleit?" [= Bochurim, I understand! But what's happening with the married men?]
+After several volumes of "Igrot Kodesh" were printed, when the secretary Rabbi Shalom Mendel Simpson presented the Rebbe with a collection of letters he had taken from the archive to send to print, the Rebbe turned to him and asked: "Oib m'kocht zich in di igrot?" [= Are people passionately engaged in studying the letters?] R' Shalom Mendel answered that he heard from his son, who was studying at the yeshiva in Morristown at that time, that the bochurim (students) there had established a regular study schedule of 'Igrot Kodesh'. The Rebbe said to me: "Bochurim? Bochurim farshtei ich! Ober vos tut zich mit yungeleit?" [= Bochurim, I understand! But what's happening with the married men?]
 When the tenth volume of Igrot Kodesh was published, the Rebbe inquired why no celebration was being held, and on that occasion, a large event was arranged to mark the publication of the volume.