By the Grace of G-d 26th of Tishrei, 5718 Brooklyn, N.Y.

Greeting and Blessing:

I received your letter, and, as I have written to you before, you ought to try to arrange your studies in such a way that you should also be able to have a part-time job, at least for several hours a day.

With regard to the question of finishing high school, inasmuch as it appears that you have already covered more than half the ground, and it would not take too long for you to finish high school, it would be advisable for you to do so, as long as it does not interfere too much with your Hebrew studies.

On the other hand, with regard to your plan for the future, of which you write that you would like to become a mortician, I do not think that this is suitable for you for various reasons, including also the fact that it often involves activities which are against the Shulchan Aruch¹ and considered abominable and degrading to the dead. Even if you have in mind some such occupation connected with the burial of the dead in accordance with the Torah, I still think that you ought to have other plans in mind,

Wishing you success,

with blessing,

By (secretary)