The Making of Chassidim

(A translation of a letter sent by the Rebbe Rayatz to his daughter, Rebbetzin Chayah Mushka)
Pirkei Avos teaches: “Know from where you came.” An awareness of our people’s roots in the past tells us much about defining our direction in the future. As we probe the inner challenges and struggles which they underwent in previous eras, we discover how to tap those same resources of personal growth and express them in our contemporary settings.
“The Making of Chassidim” describes the motivating fa...