By the Grace of G-d 2nd Day of Adar I, 5722 Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Basya Garelik
Via Giullo Uberti, 41
Milano (418) Italy
Blessing and Greeting:
I received your letter which you concluded on the 4th day of Shevat enclosing photograph of your children. I will remember you all in prayer when visiting the holy resting place of my father-in-law of saintly memory.
I trust that you have received my previous letter, and I will therefore not repeat my expression of surprise at the long intervals between your letters,1 especially as this was not intended as a mere criticism, but rather as a suggestion for rectifying it in the future. May G-d grant that your letters will always contain good news in every respect.
With blessing
By Nissan Mindel
Notes and sources
Mrs. Bassie Garelik (née Posner) is the daughter of Rabbi Sholom Posner, a longtime Lubavitch emissary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1958, she and her husband, Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik, were sent by the Rebbe as his emissaries to Milan, Italy, where she remains active to this day in strengthening and maintaining Jewish life and observance.
Mrs. Garelik corresponded frequently with the Rebbe and merited his guidance in both her personal life and communal endeavors. For additional letters addressed to her, see letter dated 28 Cheshvan, 5715.
1) See letter dated 9 Shevat 5722. See also letter dated 5 Kislev 5722.
Source: Photocopy of the original.
Published: Teshura (Garelik-Belinow, Rosh Chodesh Kislev, 5783)
Photographs Received