By the Grace of G-d 30 Shevat, 5748 Brooklyn, N. Y.

Greeting and Blessing:

I sincerely appreciate your kind expression of sympathy and condolence.

We are, indeed, consoled by the abiding thought that the dear departed has left a legacy of a lifetime spent in good deeds which live on, and continue to grow - growth being a sign of true vitality. Her eternal soul - reflected in the ongoing activities of the institutions - will continue to be a source of inspiration to all whose lives were touched by hers.

In the Torah, an expression of sympathy in a time of grief, invoking solace from the true Source of Consolation, is termed a "Blessing of Condolence," and is reciprocated with the blessing, "May you be blessed from Heaven."

May HaShem bless you and yours with all good, in the kind of good that is revealed and obvious, materially and spiritually.

with esteem and blessing,

M. Schneerson