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No. 584

This letter was sent to R. S. Kalish.

B"H, Echad[350] Nissan, 5710

Greetings and blessings,

For the upcoming Pesach holiday, I would like to wish you and your distinguished son, Rav M., a kosher and happy Pesach holiday.

Knowing the regard with which you hold the work of my revered father-in-law, the Rebbe, hk"m, in all fields in general, and in particular, the Torah discourses and the light of the Torah which he wrote and left for a blessed posterity, I am sending you the kuntres for the Pesach holiday that has just been published.

Signing with wishes for a kosher Pesach and all forms of everlasting good,

Rabbi Menachem Schneerson

With regard to the concept of "May I dwell in Your tent forever"[351] (through reciting his teachings in his name, which is obviously relevant to all), the request — and the emphasis — is that the teaching be mentioned in [the sage's] name....

   

Notes:

350. (Back to text) [Echad is the numerical equivalent of 13.]

351. (Back to text) [Yevamos, loc. cit., interprets this phrase — taken from Tehillim 61:5 — as implying that when the words of a sage's teachings are recited in this world after his passing, he dwells in two worlds simultaneously (olamim, translated as "forever," can also be understood as meaning "worlds"). For although his soul is in the spiritual worlds above, his lips move in the grave when his teachings are repeated by others in this world.]

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