By the Grace of G-d Rosh Chodesh Sivan, 5732 Brooklyn, N.Y.

Blessing and Greeting:

I duly received your letter and may G-d grant the fulfillment of your heart's desires for good in the matters about which you write, and in the area that is visibly and obviously good. 

It is surely unnecessary to emphasize to you at length that every Jew, and especially young people who are endowed with a generous measure of energy and enthusiasm, etc., have the job of illuminating their environment - their share in this world - with the light of the Torah and mitzvot. This task is all the greater, because it is necessary to make up also for the kedoshim who for reasons best known to G-d, have been taken from this world to eternal life. 

Moreover, inasmuch as it is self understood that G-d does not require of anyone to do more than one is capable of doing, it is certain that He provides the necessary capacities to fulfill both one's own share as well as to make up for the others. However, in order to have hatzlocho in these endeavors it is necessary to go about this task with complete Bitochon in G-d, and to act with  inspiration and confidence to fulfill one's mission in life on this earth in the fullest measure, 

If the above is true in regard to all Jews, in all places, this is especially important in a community such as the one where you live, where the need for this kind of activity is especially great, and where there are many young people who are in great need of encouragement and guidance to bring them closer to the Torah, Torah Or. Young people, needless to say, are more effectively inspired by their own peers and by their living example. Thus you have opportunities which in many respects exceed those of older people. All this is really self evident, and there is no need to further elaborate to you on this subject. 

I will only add one point which is particularly pertinent in these auspicious days of preparation for Shavuos, the Festival of Our Receiving the Torah at Sinai. As you know we received the Torah on the principle of naaseh (first, and then) v'nishma, which simply means that the first and foremost thing is the actual observance of the mitzvot, which in itself provides the insights to better understand and appreciate the Divine commandments. 

Wishing you the traditional blessing of Receiving the Torah with Joy and Inwardness, 

With blessing, 

P.S. Enclosed is a copy of a message which is of timely interest throughout the year.