By the Grace of G-d 14th of Tammuz, 5735 Brooklyn, N. Y.

Greeting and Blessing:

I was pleased to receive regards from you as well as your note, through our mutual friend Rabbi Avrohom Altein.

It is most gratifying to note that you are not only making good progress in matters of Yiddishkeit, but that you are also active in promoting Yiddishkeit in your community, within the framework of the Lubavitch program.

I am particularly gratified to note your enthusiasm and determination to continue to work in this direction with even greater dedication, which is as it should be, since the sign of life is in growth. Moreover, the Torah makes it a rule that all things of holiness should be on the ascendancy.

What makes this work all the more important is that a considerable part of it is dedicated to the education of our young generation, the future of our people, as the saying goes.

May G-d grant the fulfillment of your heart’s desires for good, especially in “changing the face of Winnipeg,” as you put it. In view of your position in the community, and also the respect and influence which you enjoy in other places, which you no doubt visit during vacation time, I am confident that every additional effort on your part will be multiplied many times over and reflected in those who are influenced by you. There is no need to emphasize to you the importance of the time element in regard to education, since children cannot wait with their growing up, and if they are not brought under good Jewish influence at the right time, and the sooner the better, one can never tell whether there will be another opportunity.

Having just observed the anniversary of the Geulo of my father-in-law of saintly memory on the 12-13th of Tammuz, I trust you are familiar with the history and significance of this anniversary, and will be fully inspired by its message here and now.

Wishing you Hatzlocho in all above,

With blessing,

M. Schneerson