“How could it be that a school is closed for the entire summer?!” the Rebbe exclaimed at the farbrengen of Yud Beis Tammuz 5745.

“How is it possible that a ‘house of life’ should be closed even for one day, and certainly not for many weeks and months? They claim that the schools don’t have enough money to remain open during the summer, but how can one even bring up money when lives are at stake?”

In one letter to a school administration, the Rebbe commented on their summer learning schedules, even for younger children:

“They write that the young children learn only until lunch break at 12:30 PM. This needs clarification: How do they spend the remainder – and majority – of the day? Especially since among them are students above age [six] when one is to ‘stuff them with Torah as one stuffs an ox.’”

(Toras Menachem 5745, vol. 4, p. 2450; Igros Kodesh, vol. 11, p. 121)