Can a child be expelled from school? What was the Rebbe’s view on teaching English in schools? Rabbi Nochum Kaplan, Executive Director of the Merkos Chinuch Office, was sent by the Rebbe over 50 years ago to Norfolk, Virginia, for his first Chinuch position.
He discusses these topics with Joe Farkash on The Struggle podcast. Rabbi Kaplan shares many answers and directives from the Rebbe over the years regarding Chinuch.
The Struggle Podcast EP 29-Rabbi Nochem Kaplan – Our children deserve better!
can you point me to which minute in the podcast they talk about teaching english?
To have to listen to over an hour of conversation to hear what the headline of this post entices?
Anyway, Tomchei and Achei Tmimim – the Rebbe’s schools – were created with half day Limudei kodesh and half day Limudei Chol, so there’s not much room for commentary by someone else on what “the Rebbe’s view” is for the masses. Though maybe the Rebbe told Rabbi Kaplan something for him to hear.
I would recommend that instead of cherry picking, you look in the sichos, which are the rebbes written Torah and opinion, as to whether Lubavitch is pro teaching limudei chol.
I listened to the whole podcast. The subject is not touched upon. I davke wanted to hear the answer to that question. Misleading.
But just watch from 59:20 until 1:00:39.
That’s referring to basic hebrew skills
It was once the case that Lubavitch tought limudei chol al pi taharas hakodesh (see the Rebbe’s letters about this). This is an expensive endeavor as you need to pay additional salaries and the English teachers are only part time so it’s very hard to find employees. Administrators realized they can do away with it l’gamri, especially at the high school level, claim it’s a religious value, and the rest is history.
So many things have been lost since gimmul tamuz and this is one of them.
You should have Reb Zlaman Shneur the head of the Menachem Foundation on next