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Public libraries are lending libraries intended to serve the public. These libraries provide access to many books that individuals cannot afford to purchase and maintain themselves, as well as archive collections of rare and valuable books. | Public libraries are lending libraries intended to serve the public. These libraries provide access to many books that individuals cannot afford to purchase and maintain themselves, as well as archive collections of rare and valuable books. | ||
[[File:ספריה.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:ספריה.jpg|thumb|The Lubavitch Library (on the right) adjacent to the 770 building]] | ||
According to [[the Rebbe]]'s instructions, efforts should be made to establish public Jewish libraries everywhere, and the Rebbe connected this activity with the seventieth year of his birth. | According to [[the Rebbe]]'s instructions, efforts should be made to establish public Jewish libraries everywhere, and the Rebbe connected this activity with the seventieth year of his birth. | ||