By the Grace of G‑d 15th of Menachem Av, 5719 Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mr. Zalmon Jaffe
105, Cavendish Road
Kersal
Salford, 8
Greeting and Blessing:
This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of August 17th, and thank you also for the regards from our Holy Land, in connection with your recent visit there. I also appreciate your sending me the clipping and for your intention to send me a copy of the films you took in Kfar Chabad, if they come out well. I am looking forward to receiving them.
With regard to the necessary documents for your son,1 the matter was turned over to the Yeshiva Administration, and no doubt they will take care of the formalities.
May G‑d grant that, inasmuch as when the Beth Hamikdosh was in existence the 15th of Av was a very special and joyous day, may it inaugurate for you and yours a period of increased Divine blessings in all the matters you mention in your letter.
With prayerful wishes and kind regards to you and Mrs. Jaffe, and with blessing to all your family,
M. Schneerson
Notes and sources
Mr. Shneur Zalmon Jaffe (5673–5760 / 1913–2000), was a Lubavitch businessman in Manchester, England, who merited a very close and unique personal relationship with the Rebbe. For further biographical information, and over 200 letters he received from the Rebbe, see 20 Iyar, 5713.
1) See letter dated the 25 Tammuz, 5719, and as referenced there. The visas which Avraham Jaffe required to spend a full year in New York were delayed and Mr. Jaffe was concerned that he would not recieve them in time for Avraham to spend Tishrei by the Rebbe and begin his studies immediately thereafter. Eventually, Jaffe received the documents right before Rosh Hashonoh (chabad.org/259812).
Source: Photocopy of Original.
Published: Mr. Manchester, (England, 2003), p. 43.
Report from the Holy Land
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