5882 —התקדמות כפולה בעניני חב"ד באה"ק לקראת חדש הגאולה, וההכנה לר"ח כסלו

B"H, 27 Marcheshvan, 5718

Brooklyn.

The Rabbi and Gaon, the Rabbi and Chassid, a G‑d-fearing man, honored and elevated, engaged in communal needs, our teacher Rabbi Eliezer, may he live

Shalom u'Vrachah!

In reply to your letter of 9 Marcheshvan and the one before it.

May it be G‑d's will that, in keeping with the content of your letter, there come about an improvement, a real movement forward, in the matters about which you write, and in general in all Chabad matters in the Holy Land, may it be built and established. And since the matter is similar, may it be in the manner of what is written in the Alter Rebbe's Igeres HaTeshuvah, at the end of chapter 9: הי' רגיל לקרות דף אחד יקרא שני דפים "if he was accustomed to read one page, he should read two pages," etc. (from Tanna d'Vei Eliyahu, as cited there).

Especially since we are approaching the month of Kislev, the month of redemption and victory, and the redemption of all those who have merited to taste of the teaching of Chassidus and its matters. As is known, the saying of our holy Rebbeim, our Nesi'im, is that Yud-Tes Kislev is the Rosh Hashanah for the study of Chassidus and the ways of Chassidus (see Hayom Yom, 19 Kislev). And as for Rosh Chodesh, the Alter Rebbe and his son the Mitteler Rebbe explained the precision of the word ראש "head," and not תחלת "beginning": just as the head contains the vitality of all the limbs of the body, so Rosh Chodesh contains within it the days of the month (see Likkutei Torah, Ki Savo, the discourse "Hayom Hazeh," on Rosh Hashanah). From this it is understood that on Shabbos Mevarchim these matters begin; and today, Yom Kippur Katan, which is the preparation for Rosh Chodesh, the preparation for it begins, and on this the flow of blessing depends. And as our Sages made known, פתיחה כחודה של מחט פותחת פתחו של אולם "even an opening like the eye of a needle opens the entrance of the Ulam" (Shir HaShirim Rabbah 5:2; see Likkutei Torah, Shir HaShirim, the discourse "Ani Yesheinah"): of the Ulam, the great hall before the Sanctuary, specifically, which, besides its size, is always open, for it has no doors to shut it, G‑d forbid (Mishnah Middos 2:3).

With blessing for good news, in proper health,

M. Schneerson

Publisher's notes

Our teacher Rabbi Eliezer (מו"ה אליעזר): Karasik, Tel Aviv.

Especially (ובפרט): Similar content was written to several people, in the letters above.

See also: letter 5872

Summary

This letter blesses a rav with real progress in the matters he wrote about and in all Chabad work in the Holy Land, doubled, as in Igeres HaTeshuvah's "if he read one page, let him read two," especially as Kislev, the month of redemption, approaches. Since Rosh Chodesh is the "head" of the month, its preparation begins on Shabbos Mevarchim and on Yom Kippur Katan, and even an opening like a needle's eye is answered with the ever-open entrance of the Ulam.