3023 —כתיבת מכתבים מפורטים, שמחה בבית, ושיתוף המשפחה

B"H, 12 MarCheshvan, 5715.

Brooklyn.

The Rav and Chassid, the veteran Chassid, a G‑d-fearing man, distinguished and honored, engaged in communal needs, R. Shimon

Greetings and blessing!

It is greatly surprising that for so very long no letter has been received from you, nor from your colleagues of Tzeirei Agudas Chabad in Jerusalem, may it be built and established, although you surely should have written in detail and at length how you used the days of the month of Tishrei, both the Days of Awe and the days of joy. At all times we were thirsty to receive good news, how much more so in these days of ours. I hope you will make up for this at the earliest opportunity, and likewise urge your above colleagues, that each should write about his own affairs in detail and even about general matters, so that it should not be like "a pot belonging to partners."

In continuation of conduct at farbrengens, most commonly at the farbrengens of the month of Tishrei, I copy here briefly a letter to the heads of Anash in another place: it is most necessary that the joy of Shabbos and Yom Tov be not only in the synagogue and the place of the farbrengen, but also in the home of each of Anash.

Accordingly, the farbrengen should be arranged in such a way that there will be time during the auspicious hours of Shabbos and Yom Tov to explain the matters to the household in a suitable way and in words suited to them. Surely on these days there is enough time both for a proper farbrengen and for properly gladdening one's wife and children. Of course, no detailed instructions can be given in this for each one, for this depends on their particular nature, but surely each can learn from this point how to conduct himself and his home...

It is understood that I mean this for all Anash, and so you may publicize the content of these lines of mine among your colleagues. In addition: obviously I by no means intend that they be immersed in the ways and assumptions of the world. Surely a Chassidic education must and has to affect the above matters, namely in the length of time of prayer, in farbrengens, etc. But after all this there is the possibility, which must be used, that the household too should take part, with their full agreement, in these matters. With slight reflection one can find the words with which to explain it...

With blessing,

Publisher's notes

Printed in Likkutei Sichos, vol. 16, p. 523, and completed from a photograph of the letter.

R. Shimon (מוה"ר שמעון שי'): Yakubovitz. Further letters to him: below, 3098, 3254.

A letter to the heads of Anash (מכתב לראשי אנ"ש): See above, letter 2968.