ב”ה March 10, 1946
Mr. Julius Stulman,
171 West Street,
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Dear Mr. Stulman:
Thank you very much for your kind letter and enclosure of the Foundation's check for $5,000.00, which enabled us to meet our bi-weekly payments due on March 15th.2
Your action has been most gratifying, especially from two angles: a) It has demonstrated to us that you have renewed your personal interest in our work, and b) the speed with which you translated your words into action once again displayed a trait greatly praised by our Sages, the one called in Hebrew Zerizut (celerity and zeal to carry out a good deed).
To continue our theme touched upon in my last letter,2 namely, the construction of the Tabernacle, the Midrash3 praises our ancestors not merely for their kindness of heart in responding most generously towards the need of the construction of the Sanctuary, but also for their zeal (Zerizut) in bringing in their contributions, for in two days everything needed was turned in, and further contributions had to be stopped.
As I mentioned over the telephone, I hope that you had no undue difficulty in carrying out your good deed under the circumstances. Greatly encouraged, we are looking forward to your continued cooperation, and we pray that Almighty be with you always.
With kindest personal regards and best wishes,
Very sincerely yours,4
M. Schneerson
Chairman, Exec. Committee
Encl.
Notes and sources
This letter was written on the stationery of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch.
Mr. Julius (Yehudah) Stulman (5666-5757 (1906-1997)) was a prominent American-born industrialist, businessman, thinker, and philanthropist. In the early 1940s, he developed a deep personal connection with the Rebbe Rayatz and the Rebbe, becoming one of Merkos' biggest financial supporter. In 5704, at the behest of the Rebbe Rayatz, Stulman established the Stulman Foundation to support the work of Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch. For more information as well as additional letters addressed to him, see letter dated October 15, 1942 (4 Cheshvan, 5703), and as referenced there.
1) That day the Rebbe Rayzatz also sent a letter to Stulman thanking him for the donation covering that week’s dues and the relief it gave him and the Rebbe (Igros Kodesh, Rebbe Rayatz, p. 100 (letter 2,875)). Two days later the Rebbe Rayatz thanked Mr. Alexander Cowen for his help in this regard and described the financial situation at length (ibid. p. 110).
2) Dated March 8, 1946.
3) SeeTanchuma Pekudei 11.
4) See letter dated March 29 (26 Adar II) for a follow-up.
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