By the Grace of G-d 12th of Shevat, 5734 Brooklyn, N.Y.

Greeting and Blessing:

I was pleased to receive a report of recent activities, and may G-d grant that you should go from strength to strength in all matters of Torah and Mitzvoth.

I trust that you observed in a suitable manner the auspicious day of Yud Shevat, the Yahrzeit of my father-in-law of saintly memory, about whose life and work you surely know. You must also have been told how much he had devoted himself to the Torah education of Jewish boys and girls in all parts of the world, and how much he had hoped and prayed that each and every one of you, boy or girl, would be a ‘shining light’ to permeate not only your own selves with the light of Torah and Mitzvoth, but also to spread this light in your surroundings.

I hope, therefore, that the inspiration of Yud Shevat will be with you throughout the year, and will stimulate you to an ever growing measure of devotion and diligence in your studies of the Torah and fulfillment of the Mitzvoth with Hiddur, bearing in mind that the purpose of the Torah study is the observance of the Mitzvoth in the daily life.

With blessing,

M. Schneerson