Every Friday, thousands of students, teachers, and Lubavitchers around the world receive a single page in their inbox or WhatsApp – one clear, concise point drawn from the sicha being learned that week in Project Likkutei Sichos. It has become a staple of Shabbos tables far beyond the classroom where it started.

The initiative, called One Point, was created by Rabbi Yossi Hodakov, a teacher at Lubavitch Hebrew Academy in Margate, Florida. It began in the summer of 5780, when Project Likkutei Sichos launched and Rabbi Hodakov was preparing for the new school year.

“I was preparing for school and thought it was a good idea to get kids involved in the project and in general learning Likkutei Sichos, by sharing a dvar Torah with them every Friday from one of the sichos being learned that week,” Rabbi Hodakov told Anash.org. “I started doing it for my own students, and from there it grew.”

The format was deliberately designed to be accessible. Each sheet presents one core point from the sicha in simple, clear language – easy enough for students from fifth grade and up to read and genuinely understand on their own.

To keep them engaged and thinking rather than passively reading, the sheet includes blank spaces throughout that students fill in from a word bank.

At the bottom of every sheet is a question for further discussion, meant to spark conversation at the Shabbos table and draw in parents, older siblings, and anyone else who has learned the sicha.

“One week a student came to tell me excitedly how his brother in yeshiva had learned that same sicha,” said Rabbi Hodakov. “The question at the bottom of the page brought the whole family into the conversation.”

The response went well beyond his own classroom. Teachers and parents across the world began sharing it, and the feedback poured in – many adults appreciated the clarity and the way each sheet distills the sicha down to its essential point. A collection of One Point for each parsha was later printed as a book for a family simcha.

Almost six years in, Rabbi Hodakov has not missed a week.

Sign up to receive One Point by email at [email protected] or via WhatsApp here.

It can also be found in the periodicals section of Anash.org.

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