ב״ה ח"י שבט, ה'תשי"ב .ברוקלין, נ.י

Greetings and Blessing:

I was pleased to hear of you through Rabbi Simpson. I was especially gratified to hear of the care and devotion you are giving to the upbringing and Yeshivah education of your children, irrespective of difficulties.

The proper upbringing of Jewish children has always been the greatest concern of Jewish parents. Nowadays, after the terrible upheavals in the world and the perplexities besetting the youth, with harmful influences from outside, it is a vital necessity to give the children the proper Jewish education, and no sacrifices can be too great.

Especial care must be taken with regard to young children. For education is like the planting of a seed. The slightest defect in the seed, the like of which in the grown tree would be of little consequence, assumes major proportions in the case of the seed, to the extent of crippling the tree that is to grow from it.

May the Almighty give you lots of Nachas, Yiddish Nachas, from your children, and amply reward you for the sacrifices you make to give them a Torah-true education.

With blessing,

M. Schneerson