By the Grace of G-d18 Adar, 5745Brooklyn, N.Y.

Greeting and Blessing:

Your letter of . . . has just reached me, and is answered ahead of its turn because of its urgency.

Let me assure you, first of all, that among Jews there is none who is - to use your expression - a persona non grata.

As for receiving no answer to some letters, of course every human being has physical limitations; sometimes a letter goes astray. It is also understandable that the answer can only be according to my best knowledge and judgment.

Now, with regard to your immediate problem, namely, your having to vacate your apartment, but you do not know where to, and you are looking for a solution, not advice -

The only answer I can give you is as follows: (1) In all such and similar situations, a Jew is expected to do what is necessary in the natural order to find a solution, by talking to knowledgeable friends locally, and to more than one, as it is written, "Help comes through abundant counsel," (2) In every situation, especially yours, one needs help from HaShem, and the channels and vessels to receive it are widened through the everyday life and conduct according to HaShem's Will, since He is the Source of all Blessings. This is not my advice, but what the Torah, Toras Chayim teaches explicitly. (3) - and this too, is what our Torah teaches - however difficult the situation may appear, or be, a Jew must never despair of HaShem's help; and the stronger one's trust in HaShem, the greater the Hatzlocho in finding the proper solution.

No doubt you know that the entire month of Adar is a Mazeldik one for Jews, particularly for those who have the Zechus of being in the Holy Land, of which the Torah says that "G-d's Eyes are upon it constantly, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year," and especially when the channels are kept wide open. May you have good news to report.

With blessing,