Him).14 Underlying the Rebbe’s campaigns to teach Jews to observe commandments was his assumption that if a Jew enjoys studying Torah, putting on tefillin, lighting Shabbat candles, praying to God, and performing acts of charity and kindness, five of the activities most commonly promoted by Chabad, he or she will want to lead a Jewish life.15 But if a Jew does not experience Judaism on a meaningful basis, to ask him or her to perpetuate the Jewish people in essence to spite Hitler will not guarantee Jewish survival or a healthy Jewish psyche.
