By the Grace of G‑d 11th of Teveth, 5723 Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mrs. Yacha Reizel Jaffe
105 Cavendish Road
Salford 7, Lancs.
Blessing and Greeting:
I received your letter, in which you write about your birthday.
I send you my prayerful wishes for a happy and successful year, for you and your husband and family, and that you and your husband should have much true Yiddishe Chasidishe Nachas from your children. I include in “children” not only your own, but also those who thanks to your influence and efforts become more devoted and better Jewish children, as our Sages declared that one who teaches anybody's child Torah and Mitzvoth establishes a relationship similar to natural kinship of parenthood.1 May you continue to do so in good health and gladness of heart.
With blessing,
M. Schneerson
Notes and sources
Mrs. Yacha Reizel Jaffe (Roselyn) Jaffe (13 Teves, 5680–13 Tishrei, 5761 / 1920–2000), was the wife of Mr. Shneur Zalmon Jaffe (see letter dated 20 Iyar, 5713), and together with her husband, was active in many Lubavitch activities in Manchester.
For additinal letters addressed to her, see letters dated 15 Teves, 5721, 13 Nissan, 5723, 10 Shevat, 5729, and 10 Av, 5734. For letters she received along with her husband, see letters dated 12 Shevat, and 13 Nissan, 5721, 26 Nissan, and 21 Av, 5724, 27 Teves, 5739, 1 Nissan, 5744, and 12 Adar, 5745.
1) Sanhedrin 19b.
Source: Photocopy of original
Published: Mr. Manchester, (England, 117).