Rebbe's Response

“The future of large segments of our Jewish youth gives us ample cause for serious apprehension. Lacking the faith, security and moral strength  (which only Torah-true education can provide), as a shield against the ills and frustrations besetting the younger generation of our day- ever increasing numbers of our children and youth are being swept by the undertow of the environment, where delinquency, rebellion, cults, etc, have reached unprecedented proportions and continue to rise. At the bottom of these ills is the lack of inner harmony between the heart and the mind, emotion and intellect; the inability, often the absence of motivation and will to curb the drive for all sorts of indulgence with reckless abandon.”

“The mind has a natural supremacy over the heart.  Happiness is achieved by bringing the mind and heart into harmony. Chinuch, which begins at the earliest age of a child, continues consistently throughout  the child’s education into maturity, has the element of Mesiras Nefesh (Nefesh= Rotzon, “desire”), in that it trains the child to control and “surrender” to Kedusha, the desire to indulge and overindulge, thus cultivating true inner harmony- the mainspring of a wholesome and meaningful life” --Igros Kodesh 

The purpose of Chinuch is not only education but dedication.

To kindle the souls of Jewish children with Torah and Mitzvos-so they become sanctuaries for the divine Shechina.

Shalheves olah Maaleha: to fire the student with such enthusiasm and eagerness for steady advancement in Torah and Mitzvos.

Nairos Lehair: to become shining lights, illuminating and radiating the light of the Torah and Mitzvos, permeated with the light and warmth of Chassidus to the whole world.