By the Grace of G-d“In the Days of Preparation” for Mattan Torah, 5731Brooklyn, N.Y.

Blessing and Greeting:

I was pleased to receive the report of your activities.

I trust you are familiar with the message addressed to the recent Annual Convention of the Neshei uBnos Chabad. I reiterate my profound hope and prayerful wishes that the accomplishments of the past should spur each and every one of you to intensify your desire and efforts to accomplish even more in the future in a spirit of dedication and enthusiasm.

In these Days of Preparation for Mattan Torah (Yemei Hagbolo), it is well to remember the origin and significance of these days, being derived from G-d’s command to Moshe Rabbeinu: “Go unto the people and sanctify them . . . and set bounds unto the people.”

Here is a call to each and every one of us, at all times and all places, to go to the people and sanctify them, so that they would be ready to receive and practice the Torah and Mitzvos in the daily life.

Moreover, before this Divine command was given, and as the first step to the actual giving of the Torah to the Jewish people, Moshe Rabbeinu was ordered first to speak to the women (“the House of Jacob”), and (then to the rest of) the children of Israel, thus emphasizing the special role and responsibility of the Jewish women and daughters for the preservation of the Torah and Mitzvos in Jewish life.

I will look forward to continued good reports, “good” in this case meaning that you are going from strength to strength in all your activities to spread and strengthen the Torah way of life in your personal life, in the family, and in the environment at large.

Wishing you a happy and inspiring Yom Tov of Kabolas HaTorah with joy and inwardness,

With blessing,

M. Schneerson