By the Grace of G-d30th of Nissan,Rosh Chodesh Iyar, 5738Brooklyn, N. Y.

Greeting and Blessing:

I was deeply gratified to receive your letter with the co-signatures of Rabbi Moshe Herson and your other distinguished friends and associates, especially after having seen you at the Farbrengen, joining in the singing and adding to the general spirit of the occasion.

Your letter was all the more meaningful in that it contained also a glowing report of the First Annual National Founders Dinner of the Rabbinical College of America. May G-d grant that you should always have good news to report about the ever growing success of this great Torah institution, above all about a steady increase in the student body and their advancement in Torah education. For, as has often been emphasized, the purpose of this unique Torah facility is not only to ensure the personal advancement of the students in Torah education, but that each one should become a dynamic source of influence and inspiration in his family and surroundings, to illuminate them with the eternal light of our Torah, Toras Chaim, for the benefit of our people and for the betterment of the environment at large.

To conclude on the opening note of your letter, I heartily reciprocate your good wishes in connection with my birthday, which I can best do by reiterating the Divine Promise to our Father Abraham, “I (G-d, the Source of all blessings) will bless them that bless you.” Accordingly, may G-d bestow His generous blessings on you and yours in all needs, materially and spiritually.

Please convey my sincere appreciation and prayerful wishes to each of the co-signatories. And many thanks in advance.

With warm personal regards, and

With blessing to each one and to all

M. Schneerson