By the Grace of G-d 16th Tammuz, 5740 Brooklyn, N.Y.

Greeting and Blessing:

Your correspondence reached me with considerable delay and due to pressure of duties my acknowledgement was unavoidably further delayed. 

You write that according to your observations you find that there is a lack of love of G-d among people. Now, if you are speaking of people in general, or of certain nations in the world at large, in particular, there may be some substance to it. Certainly, if more people would have more love of G-d, or at least more fear of God in their hearts, it would be a better world to live in. However, if you are referring to our Jewish people, it would be a startling and unfounded conclusion. For, the love of G-d and fear of G-d are intrinsic qualities of the Jewish soul, reinforced by heritage of countless generations, going back to our Patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the founders of our people. Even during the most critical times in our Jewish history, including the last Holocaust, when many asked why G-d permitted such a thing to happen, the said innate qualities were not affected, despite all the pain and anguish. 

You mention that you have read certain Talmudic sources, etc., but apparently you are not familiar with Chassidic sources, where the subject and all other aspects of Jewishness are discussed in depth, and which would have undoubtedly changed your outlook and evaluation. Incidentally, a good many Chassidic books and writings have been translated into English, though I do not know if this is relevant in your case. 

I trust you will not take amiss the following point. In general, in order to have a clear perception of things, it is necessary to have the benefit of Torah Or, since the G-d-given Torah illuminates everything with true light. And the study of the Torah must go hand in hand with the observance of its mitzvos, not only because this is the real purpose of Torah study, but also because this is the way to gain maximum perception and insight. The mitzvah which particularly exemplifies this is tefillin, the hand tefillin and the head tefillin which have to be put on every weekday morning, on the arm facing the heart - seat of the emotions – and on the head – seat of the intellect - respectively, which teaches and helps the Jew to subordinate the emotions to the intellect, so that the head will rule the heart in the everyday life and conduct, in accordance with God's Will and Design. 

I am confident that an increase in Torah study and in devoutness of the mitzvah of tefillin will be highly rewarding for you. 

With blessing,