3862 —השתלמות המורים מאנ"ש בקורסים הקיימים

B"H, 8 MarCheshvan, 5716.

Brooklyn.

The distinguished Chassid, a G‑d-fearing man, distinguished and honored, engaged in communal affairs, Reb Aharon Mordechai [Zilberstrom]

Greetings and blessing!

In reply to your letter, which you began writing on Erev Sukkos, in which you write about establishing courses for teachers (and I fear that, since you mention nothing about the study days [ימי העיון] that were to have taken place during the month of Tishrei, this time too they did not come about).

It is understood that establishing courses for teachers from among Anash is a very, very proper thing. But it needs consideration whether, in the present situation, there must be a special course for them run by Anash; perhaps a suitable one can be found for them among the courses that already exist. Especially since, when they speak with the administration of the courses about the special requirements of Anash and explain that this concerns a group of a certain number, they will surely agree to arrange special lectures for them if needed, changes in their curriculum, etc. And besides the expenses being incomparably smaller, there is an additional benefit in this, and it is the main point: when they study together with other people, the studies will surely be absorbed more easily, and there will be no need to put together in one class those who are not so suited to each other because of their small number, etc., etc. And there is another point here, also an important one: if they look into the courses that already exist, it will surely be possible to begin the studies soon, which is not so if they establish a special course.

Incidentally, as to what you write about the number of study hours in the above, it seems to need consideration where they will take so much free time, since each one of them is busy. And it is surely superfluous to emphasize once again that all the above does not at all diminish the very great necessity that the teachers of Anash receive further training as much as possible and as soon as possible; the discussion is only about the way in which the matter can be carried out soon and in the best possible manner...

With blessing for success in all the above, awaiting good news.

Publisher's notes

Reb Aharon Mordechai (מו"ה אהרן מרדכי שי'): Zilberstrom, Jerusalem. Further letters to him: above, vol. 11, 3403, and the references in the notes there; below, 4267.

The study days (ימי העיון): see also below, letter 3931.