Spreading the teachings associated with Yud-Beis Tammuz outward, even to those who "merely bear the name 'Jew'"; a private note to a given person

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No. 638

The name of the recipient of this letter was not released.

B"H, 3 Tammuz, 5710

Greetings and blessings,

In response to your letter:

With regard to your journey, [my opinion is, as] your brother has undoubtedly already told you, that since you have already undertaken similar [journeys] based on the counsel of my revered father-in-law, the Rebbe, hk"m — it appears to me that, at that time, he directed you that in the places that you visit, you should endeavor to be active in strengthening Yiddishkeit, proper [Jewish] education, and the like — [then] if this journey is undertaken with this purpose, the counsel that my revered father-in-law, the Rebbe, hk"m, gave at that time is still in effect.

You and the members of your household were mentioned at the gravesite of my revered father-in-law, the Rebbe, hk"m. May the Holy One, blessed be He, fulfill the blessings of a tzaddik that everything be in order, at the appropriate time. Certainly, from time to time, you will send updates regarding your positive circumstances.

With regard to what you wrote — that to your sorrow, a fixed time for study has not yet been established — why should you experience sorrow? Isn't it better to establish a fixed time for study? Then you would have two advantages:

1. the fixed time for study; and

2. the lack of sorrow. For a person is not permitted to injure himself. Perhaps, at the very least, everyone should study individually.

With blessings and with greetings for...,

Rabbi Menachem Schneerson

Spreading the teachings associated with Yud-Beis Tammuz outward, even to those who "merely bear the name 'Jew'"; a private note to a given person

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