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Torah
A thought for every day of the Hebrew year, from the Rebbe’s book. It is the same entry every year, on the same Hebrew date.
17 Tevet 5787
The reason for not studying Torah on nittel-night,[1] I heard from my father, is to avoid adding vitality.
My father once said: Those diligent students who begrudge those eight hours and cannot tear themselves away from study - I am not fond of them. This (abstaining from study) applies only until midnight.
Compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory.
The non-Jewish festival commonly celebrated on December 25th.
Footnotes
מה שנוהגים שלא ללמוד בניתל, שמעתי מאאמו"ר [מאדוני אבי מורי ורבי] הטעם, שהוא כדי שלא להוסיף חיות. פעם אמר אאמו"ר [אדוני אבי מורי ורבי]: די מתמידים וואס די אכט שעה איז זיי נוגע בנפש, האב איך ניט האלט. והוא רק עד חצות לילה.
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Hayom Yom, compiled and arranged by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 5703 (1943) from the talks and letters of the sixth Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of righteous memory. Text from chabad.org.