3853 —התוועדות חסידית בבר מצוה, ולימוד בעל פה בדרך

B"H, 3 MarCheshvan, 5716

Brooklyn.

Greetings and blessing!

In reply to your letter of Erev Chag HaSukkos: I enjoyed reading in it that in connection with the bar mitzvah of your son, may he live, you arranged a gathering, and it was a Chassidishe farbrengen. May it be His will that the inspiration carry over to the weeks and months that follow, and that this too, with the help of Heaven, add to your son, may he live, the bar mitzvah boy who brought all this about.

As for what you write, that your livelihood is such that you must run about all day: it would be proper for you to know by heart a few chapters of Mishnayos and a few chapters of Tanya, so that even בלכתך בדרך, "as you walk on the way" (Devarim 6:7), you can go over them, whether in speech or at least in thought. The words of my revered father-in-law, the Rebbe, of sainted memory, whose soul is in the hidden treasuries on high, may his merit protect us, about purifying the air through the letters of Torah and prayer are already well known. May G‑d, blessed be He, grant you success.

With blessing,

In the name of the Rebbe shlita

Secretary

Publisher's notes

Are already well known (וכבר ידועים): see above, vol. 1, letter 132, and the references in the notes there.