By the Grace of G-d Rosh Chodesh Menachem AV, 5744 Brooklyn, N.Y.
Blessing and Geeting:
I received your undated letter, and am pleased to note-you are advancing in matters of Yiddishkeit permeated with Chassidus. May HaShem bless you with Hatzlocho in this direction, in keeping with the saying of our Sages,1 "Whoever has 100, desires 200," etc. For there is always room for advancement in Torah and Mitzvos, which are infinite, being connected with The Infinite. Included in this is, of course, using your good influence in your surroundings by showing an inspiring example, as well as by "words coming from the heart which penetrate the heart."2
The above is particularly timely in this period of the Three Weeks and the Nine Days, when every Jew is expected to work harder at eliminating the cause of the Churban and Golus ("Because of our sins we have been exiled from our land"3) and hastening the complete Geulo through Moshiach Tzidkeinu, when the present days of fasting and sadness will be transformed into days of feasting and gladness.
With blessing,
M. Schneerson
P.S. Together with your letter was delivered the publication Kol Bnos.4 Many thanks.
Notes and sources
1) See Koheles Rabba 1:13: 3:10.
2) Sefer HaYashar, shaar 13.
3) Musaf amida for Festivals.
4) Kol Bnos was a newsletter from S. Paul Minnesota, and was edited by Cirel Eichorn.
Source: Photocopy of original.
Published: Teshurah Guetta-Federman (24 Shevat, 5786), p. 43.