By the Grace of G-d 25th of Cheshvan, 5741 Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mrs. . . .
Jerusalem
Blessing and Greeting:
I was pleased to receive your letter and I apologize for the delay in acknowledging it, due to the pressure [of] Tishrei-related duties
I trust you had a good trip and found everything in order, and have resumed your good activities there.
If wherever a Jew is, the "good order" is when the everyday life is so ordered that the spiritual rules over the material, how much more so in the land which is universally recognized as the Holy Land, and of which our Torah says that “G-d’s Eyes are always watching it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year," and especially in regard to you and your family and your noble tradition.
I was gratified to read in your letter about the further expansion of activities in the cause of Torah and Torah education, particularly through Chabad Mosdot and the "Friends of Lubavitch,” which I am sure you will maintain on the upgrade. May G-d grant that you should be able to continue to do so in good health and ample circumstances, and especially with peace of mind and true contentment in all aspects, materially and spiritually.
Looking forward to further good news in all above, and
With esteem and blessing,
Notes and sources
Published: The Letter and the Spirit, Vol 2 (Nissan Mindel Publications, 2013), 429.
Note: Letters printed in "The Letter and the Spirit" are from the Archives of Rabbi Nissan Mindel A"H, the Rebbe's personal secretary entrusted with writing up the Rebbe's orally dictated responses. The “Nissan Mindel Archives” are comprised of secretarial copies, including first drafts, and may have subsequently been published with editorial changes. Therefore the letters as they appear in the book may not be the final signed version.