Tidbits from Reb Meilach a"h · Episode 58 · 18 Kislev 5786 · 1:27
Tanya translated into English!
Machine translation into English of the automatic Hebrew transcript.
00:00 What does that mean? You see, when the Tanya was being translated into English, Rabbi Nissan Mindel went in to see the Rebbe. Rabbi Nissan Mindel went in to see the Rebbe. Around that time, Sputnik had been launched—something that circles the Earth. And the whole world was talking about it: orbiting, going around. And the Rebbe said to Rabbi Nissan Mindel, “But [unclear] the Tanya being printed in English is more significant than Sputnik orbiting the Earth.” What does that mean? What does it mean in simple terms? That the Tanya [unclear]. Translating the Tanya is greater than Sputnik circling the Earth. The Tanya is a path. In other words, 19 Kislev is approaching, and we need to strengthen ourselves in the study of Tanya.