N.Y. Committee for the Girls' Teachers' Seminary and Vocational School

נ. י. קאמיטע פאר דעם סמינאר למורות ובית ספר מקצועי לבנות

N.Y. Committee for the Teachers' Seminary and Vocational School for Girls

This New York committee supported the Chabad teachers' seminary and vocational school for girls (in Kfar Chabad). The Rebbe's letters to it (roughly 1962–1969) are mostly messages for its annual events. See also Family life – The role of the Jewish woman.

What the letters show

What education really is. The Rebbe wrote that true education means kindling a flame within students so that they can go on growing on their own (IK 8990), and that supporting Torah education, especially in Kfar Chabad, draws special blessing (IK 8839).

Women and Torah. He stressed Jewish women's unique role and responsibility in receiving the Torah and strengthening it (IK 8636), their special strengths and vital influence on Jewish education and community life (IK 9153), and that unity among Jews — with women at its center — is essential for receiving the Torah (IK 9325), as is unity among the women themselves in advancing Torah education (IK 9911).

Parshas Shekalim. From Parshas Shekalim he drew the lesson of approaching mitzvos, and especially Jewish education, with full personal participation (IK 8374).

Sources: the Rebbe's letters cited above.

Shiurim in this topic

8374. Lessons from Parshas Shekalim for Jewish Women's Education לקחים מפרשת שקלים לחינוך בנות ישראל

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8636. Responsibility and Merit of Jewish Women in Torah Education אחריות וזכות של נשים יהודיות בחינוך תורה

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8839. Annual NY Committee Luncheon and the Legacy of the Frierdiker Rebbe הלאנטשאן השנתי של ועד ניו יורק וירושת כ"ק מו"ח אדמו"ר

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8990. The Role of Educators and the Flame of Independent Growth תפקיד המחנכים ולהבת הצמיחה העצמאית

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9153. Women's Role in Jewish Education and Community Leadership תפקיד הנשים בחינוך יהודי ובהנהגת הקהילה

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9325. Unity and the Central Role of Women in Kabbalas HaTorah and Hakhel אחדות ותפקיד מרכזי של נשים בקבלת התורה ובהקהל

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9911. Unity and Torah Education at the Annual Nshei U'Bnos Chabad Seminar אחדות וחינוך תורה בסמינר השנתי של נשי ובנות חב"ד

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