5823 —המשך העבודה בחינוך על טהרת הקודש, והשפעה על החברים שבצה"ל

B"H, 4 MarCheshvan, 5718

Brooklyn.

To the young man Binyamin Nosson, may he live

Greetings and blessing!

In reply to your letter, with the pidyon nefesh, which will be read at an auspicious time at the holy resting place of my revered father-in-law, the Rebbe, of sainted memory, may his merit protect us, in which you write about your present affairs and that you are uncertain about your future, etc.

In my opinion, since by all reports you are succeeding in the field of education, and those engaged in this מלאכת שמים "work of Heaven" (after Eruvin 13a), that is, education in the purity of holiness, are very few, while at the same time the demand for it is many times greater, to the point that apparently in the near future in the Holy Land, may it be rebuilt and established, the livelihood of those engaged in it will also be assured: my opinion is that you should continue your work in the Chabad educational institutions, in a way that lets you use your talents in it as fully as possible, and consequently this will also develop more and more...

I hope that, within the framework of the activities of Tzeirei Agudas Chabad, you are using your influence on your friends who for the time being are still in the IDF, an influence to bind them more closely to matters of Judaism in general (whose main part, of course, as is obvious and simple, is the practical mitzvos), and to matters of Chassidus in particular. As I have already written to someone else, all those who have been in the IDF have the privilege and the duty in this more and more, for several understandable reasons; and the main thing is that it is in their power to influence more than those who were never in that framework.

Surely you have fixed lessons in the study of the revealed Torah and of Chassidus, in addition to the three well-known lessons in Chumash, Tehillim and Tanya.

With blessing for good news in all the above,

On behalf of the Rebbe, shlita,

Secretary

Publisher's notes

The young man Binyamin Nosson (האברך בנימין נתן שי'): Gesundheit, Tel Aviv.

Summary

This letter, sent on the Rebbe's behalf, tells a young teacher who is unsure of his future to stay in Chabad education: he is succeeding, those who give a pure Torah education are few, the need is great, and a livelihood in it will soon be secure. It asks him to influence his friends still serving in the IDF, since former soldiers can reach them best, and to keep fixed study beyond the daily Chumash, Tehillim and Tanya.