6688 —מכתב למשתתפי התועדות יום ההילולא – לנצלו להסברה בהפצת המעינות

B"H, 17 Shevat, 5719
Brooklyn.

Shalom u'Vrachah!

We acknowledge receipt of your letters of the 3rd, 13th and 14th of Shevat^[1]; in the meantime you have surely received my reply to your earlier letters.

Enclosed here is my letter to the participants in the farbrengen of the day of the hillula^[2]. I rely on your understanding^[3] as to the manner of conveying it to them; and the main thing is to use it for further explanation of those matters that are mentioned in the letter by way of hint, and above all with regard to spreading the wellsprings in ...^[4], and to fulfilling your holy mission^[5] in general in the best possible way. May G‑d^[6] help that all this be done with peace of mind, with joy and with gladness of heart^[7].

With blessing for good news concerning all the above^[8],

M. Schneersohn

Publisher's notes

Printed in Likkutei Sichos, vol. 21^[9], p. 373.

My letter to the participants (מכתבי להמשתתפים): See the previous letter (6687, of the same day, to the participants in the farbrengen of the day of the hillula in Bnei Brak), and the publisher's notes there.

Notes

1. The 3rd, 13th and 14th of Shevat (מג' י"ג וי"ד שבט): The Rebbe's replies to the recipients' earlier letters are not before us.

2. My letter to the participants in the farbrengen of the day of the hillula (מכתבי להמשתתפים בההתועדות דיום ההילולא): A letter like letter 6687 (of the same day, 17 Shevat 5719, to the participants in the farbrengen in Bnei Brak on the hillula, 10 Shevat). As the publisher's note there states, a similar copy was sent to the participants in several farbrengens, to some of them in Yiddish translation, and it refers to this letter. "The matters mentioned in the letter by way of hint": in that letter they are said briefly, that those bound to the one whose hillula it is "are drawn after him in his ascent, receiving additional help and strength from Above", and that in "one who comes to purify" (not "to be purified") "the point is the effect on the other… and the other in the plain sense; and this is the point of the avodah of Chassidim". Here the Rebbe asks that these be expanded and explained.

3. I rely on your understanding (ואל בינתו אשען): After Mishlei 3:5: בטח אל ה' בכל לבך ואל בינתך אל תשען, "Trust in G‑d with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding." The Rebbe turns the words around: he relies on the recipient's understanding as to how to convey the letter to the participants.

4. Spreading the wellsprings in ... (הפצת המעינות ב...): After Mishlei 5:16: יפוצו מעינתיך חוצה, "Let your wellsprings be spread outward", the term for spreading the teachings of Chassidus. The name of the place is omitted in the printed text.

5. Your holy mission (שליחותם הק'): הק' = הקדושה. The recipients are the Rebbe's shluchim in their place (their names and place are not printed).

6. G‑d (השי"ת): השי"ת = השם יתברך.

7. With joy and with gladness of heart (בשמחה ובטוב לבב): After Devarim 28:47: תחת אשר לא עבדת את ה' אלהיך בשמחה ובטוב לבב מרב כל, "because you did not serve G‑d, your G‑d, with joy and with gladness of heart, out of an abundance of everything."

8. Good news concerning all the above (בשו"ט ע"ד כהנ"ל): בשו"ט = בשורות טובות; ע"ד = על דבר; כהנ"ל = כל הנזכר לעיל.

9. Likkutei Sichos, vol. 21 (לקו"ש חכ"א): לקו"ש חכ"א = לקוטי שיחות חלק כ"א.

Summary

The Rebbe sends shluchim his letter to the participants in the Yud Shevat farbrengen, leaves it to their judgment how to convey it, and asks them to use it to explain at greater length what the letter only hints at, above all spreading the wellsprings of Chassidus in their place, and to fulfil their mission with peace of mind and joy.