By the Grace of G-d 7 Adar II, 5741Brooklyn, N.Y.

Greeting and Blessing:

Your letter of February 27th has just been received, and I hasten to acknowledge it via Express mail,

Above all I wish to assure you that I sincerely appreciate your generous offer to personally pay the costs of establishing a Lubavitcher Yeshiva and permanent presence in Hevron. While I have long been aware of your personal attitude and keen interest, as I have been informed by our mutual friends, it is particularly heart-warming and encouraging to see it expressed in such resolute tangible terms.

Needless to say, as soon as I will see a realistic possibility for the establishment of a stable Lubavitch Yeshiva in Hevron, it will receive my top priority attention, and you will, of course, be among the first to know about it.¹

By Hashgocho Protis your letter was received and is acknowledged in proximity to Purim. I extend to you and all yours prayerful wishes for a joyous and inspiring Purim, and may it bring you and all of us, in the midst of Klal Yisroel, "Light, joy, gladness and honor" - in the fullest sense of these terms.

With esteem and blessing