BS"D May 26, 1967 10:00 PM

GREETINGS AND BLESSING TO PARTICIPANTS IN LAG BOMER PARADES AND CELEBRATIONS AND JEWISH CHILDREN EVERYWHERE. THIS LAG BOMER ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT BEING IN YEAR OF HAKHEL. RECALLING GATHERING ONCE IN SEVEN YEARS OF ALL JEWISH PEOPLE, MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN FOR PURPOSE OF STRENGTHENING TORAH LEARNING AND TORAH LIVING. LIKEWISE LAG BOMER RECALLS SELF-SACRIFICING DEDICATION OF RABBI AKIVA AND DISCIPLES, ESPECIALLY RASHBY, FOR PRESERVATION OF TORAH UMITZVOTH, THE VERY LIFE OF OUR PEOPLE.

MAY YEAR BE INSPIRED BY SPIRIT OF LAG BOMER COUPLED WITH HAKHEL TO ADVANCE IN TORAH LEARNING YIRAS SHOMAYIM AND DAILY MITZVOTH WITH MUTUAL LOVE AND RESPECT, AND TO GATHER AND INFLUENCE ALL YOUR FRIENDS TO DO LIKEWISE AND BE SOURCE OF TRUE HAPPINESS FOR YOURSELVES AND PARENTS, WITH BLESSING.

MENACHEM SCHNEERSON