Letter a

By the Grace of G-d 7th of Marcheshvan, 5719 Brooklyn, N. Y.

Mrs. . . .

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Blessing and Greeting:

This is to acknowledge receipt of your donation, which was turned over to our Special Discretionary Fund, from which, as you know, assistance is given in confidence to deserving cases, and which is one of the highest forms of Tzedoko. May it stand you and yours in good stead, and may the Almighty grant you many, many healthful and happy years, with fruitful activity in the cause of Yiddishkeit.

With prayerful wishes to hear good news from you, especially in the matter of your personal status,¹ concerning which we have spoken when you were here,

With Blessing

By Nissan Mindel

Notes and sources

1) The Rebbe often advised the recipient of this letter, whose husband passed away a few years before, to remarry, which she eventually did in the year 5721. See follow-up letters dated 6 Kislev, 5719, 27 Adar II, 5719, 6 Av, 5719, Shushan Purim, 5720, 13 Iyar, 5720, 11 Cheshvan, 5721 (regarding her future marriage), 28 Iyar, 5721 (addressed to her married name).

Source: Photocopy of Original

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Hoping For A Change In Your Personal Status

By the Grace of G-d10th of Adar I, 5727Brooklyn, N.Y.

Negating the proposal of a British-style boarding school in Eretz Yisrael; the matter of the girls' school can still be reversed; remarriage is a most essential matter; offer for financial assistance