By the Grace of G-d 10 Kislev, 5737 Brooklyn, N.Y.

Greeting and Blessing:

Following the brief reports which I received from mutual friends about your visit, I just received your letter (post-marked Nov. 19), with the enclosures.

I appreciate your thoughtfulness in sending me the material, and for the detailed account.

May G-d grant an improvement — a very substantial one, and soon — in all the matters about which you wrote, and that the unpleasant experience¹ and anxiety which you had on departure should spare you any anxiety in the future in all your affairs.

Especially as we have entered the auspicious month of Kislev, with the auspicious days of Yud Kislev (the date of this letter) and Yud-Tes Kislev (the approximate date of its arrival), both of which are connected with the Liberation of the first two generations of our Rebbes, founders of Chabad; the history and significance of those events are surely known to you. For, those were not just personal triumphs, but crucial events with far-reaching implications for Judaism as a whole, resulting in a victory for all our people.

With the approach of Chanukah, I also wish you and yours a bright and inspiring Chanukah.

With blessing,

M. Schneerson