By the Grace of G-d 6th of Tishrei, 5748 Brooklyn, N.Y.

Greeting and Blessing:

I was pleased to see you yesterday, together with our other distinguished friends.

It presented a welcome opportunity to extend to you my personal greeting and prayerful wish to you and all yours for a chasima ugmar chasima tova for a good and sweet year.

I take this opportunity also to reciprocate your good wishes expressed in your letter and orally. Your blessing is already assured from HaShem through Avraham, the first Jew: "I will bless them that bless you" - with abundant blessings from HaShem, the Source of all blessings.

With esteem and blessing for a gmar chasima tova and for good tidings

M. Schneerson

P.S. I take this opportunity to enclose an excerpt from my remarks addressed to the group.

May HaShem accept the prayers of each and everyone of us and fulfil them for good.