6759 —פניה לאגודת חב"ד בעניני תמיכה, לימוד משניות וחסידות, וכתבי יד של רבותינו נשיאינו

B"H, 10 Adar II, 5719^[1]
Brooklyn.

The veteran Chassid, a G‑d-fearing man, distinguished and honored^[2], etc., Reb Daniel, may he live long^[3]

Shalom u'Vrachah!

After a very prolonged interruption^[4], your letter of 7 Adar II was received – the day on which Moshe, the shepherd of all Israel, was born^[5].

You ask about the delay in the reply to a certain person, etc. Surely it has been received in the meantime. And in general, in matters such as those you write about – support for institutions and the like – one should turn to Agudas Chabad and to Tzeirei Agudas Chabad in the Holy Land, may it be built and established^[6], for understandable reasons.

At an auspicious time, all those you write about will be mentioned at the holy resting place of my father-in-law, the Rebbe, of sainted memory^[7], each one^[8] for what he needs, in accordance with what you wrote.

May it be G‑d's will that, since you are the one who brought the request, you will bring good news about it.

And it is understood, and also simple, that you should bring good news about yourself as well, in material and spiritual matters together.

As to what you write about your conduct in study: I heard from my father-in-law, the Rebbe, that someone like you^[9] should have a fixed study of Mishnayos in addition to his other studies. And surely there is no need to elaborate to one like you that there must be study of the teachings of Chassidus every day, and also the spreading of this study wherever your hand reaches.

I was very interested in what you write, that in your area lives the son of Rabbi Yerushalimski^[10] of the town of Kaminka, rabbi of the city of Kielce, and that he has in his possession the very handwritten manuscripts^[11] of the Nesi'im, etc. I would like to know more details about this, and also whether he has notes and memoirs of the above, since his father, too, was of the stock of the Alter Rebbe^[12]. I ask that you clarify the above soon and let me know, and many, many thanks^[13] for all your trouble in this.

With blessings for good news^[14] and for a happy Purim.

Publisher's notes

Reb Daniel (מו"ה דניאל): Haskind, Tel Aviv. Further letters to him: above, vol. 17, letter 6258, and the references in the notes there.

Rabbi Yerushalimski (הרב ירושלמסקי): See Kovetz Yagdil Torah (New York), issue 63, sections 31–32; Igros Kodesh of the Rebbe Rashab, vol. 4, letters 955 and 1000.

Notes

1. 10 Adar II (יו"ד אד"ש): The tenth of Adar II (5719 was a leap year): Friday, 20 March 1959.

2. The veteran Chassid, a G‑d-fearing man, distinguished and honored (הוו"ח אי"א נו"נ): הוו"ח = הוותיק וחסיד; אי"א = איש ירא אלקים; נו"נ = נעלה ונכבד.

3. Reb Daniel (מו"ה דניאל שי'): מו"ה = מורנו הרב. Haskind, Tel Aviv (per the publisher's note). R. Daniel Haskind of Tel Aviv corresponded with the Rebbe for many years: in Kislev 5713 he asked for guidance in his conduct where he lived, "in his camp, where all are simple people, refugees from various places", and the Rebbe urged him to spread the wellsprings of Chassidus there (vol. 7, letter 1960); in Kislev 5717 he asked about buying a house for a synagogue (vol. 14, letter 4928); and in Iyar 5718, about two Sifrei Torah that Rebbetzin Markus gave to Kfar Chabad and about how to write "פצוע דכא" (vol. 17, letter 6258).

4. After a very prolonged interruption (לאחרי הפסק הכי ארוך): After a very long break in his writing to the Rebbe. The Rebbe opened his previous letter to him the same way (vol. 17, letter 6258): "After a very prolonged interruption your letter of 5 Iyar was received".

5. 7 Adar II – the day on which Moshe… was born (ז' אדר שני יום בו נולד משה): 7 Adar II 5719 was Tuesday, 17 March 1959. The seventh of Adar is the day Moshe Rabbeinu was born (and the day he passed away), as in Megillah 13b: תנא: כיון שנפל פור בחודש אדר שמח שמחה גדולה. אמר: נפל לי פור בירח שמת בו משה. ולא היה יודע שבשבעה באדר מת ובשבעה באדר נולד – "It was taught: When the lot fell on the month of Adar, [Haman] rejoiced greatly. He said: The lot has fallen for me on the month in which Moshe died. But he did not know that on the seventh of Adar he died and on the seventh of Adar he was born."

6. In the Holy Land, may it be built and established (באה"ק ת"ו): באה"ק ת"ו = בארץ הקודש תבנה ותכונן.

7. The holy resting place of my father-in-law, the Rebbe, of sainted memory (הציון הק' של כ"ק מו"ח אדמו"ר זצוקללה"ה נבג"מ זי"ע): הציון הק' = the holy Ohel, his resting place. כ"ק מו"ח אדמו"ר = כבוד קדושת מורי וחמי אדונינו מורנו ורבנו, the Previous Rebbe, R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn; זצוקללה"ה = זכר צדיק וקדוש לברכה לחיי העולם הבא; נבג"מ = נשמתו בגנזי מרומים; זי"ע = זכותו יגן עלינו.

8. Each one (כאו"א): כאו"א = כל אחד ואחד.

9. Someone like you (בכגון דילי'): Aramaic: "in one such as he". So too below: לדכוותי' = "to one like him".

10. Rabbi Yerushalimski (הרב ירושלימסקי): R. Moshe Nachum Yerushalimski (1855–1914), rabbi of Kaminka (from 1880), later of Ostrolenka, and from 1902 rabbi of Kielce; author of the responsa Be'er Moshe and other works (see also the publisher's note). The Rebbe cited his Be'er Moshe in vol. 7, letter 2225, among the sources of the saying "Eretz Yisrael is destined to spread out over all the lands".

11. The very handwritten manuscripts (גוף כתי"ק): כתי"ק = כתב יד קדשם: original manuscripts in the holy handwriting of the Rebbeim.

12. The Alter Rebbe (אדה"ז): אדה"ז = אדמו"ר הזקן.

13. Many, many thanks (ת"ח ת"ח): ת"ח ת"ח = תשואות חן, תשואות חן.

14. Good news (בשו"ט): בשו"ט = בשורות טובות.

Summary

The Rebbe answers the recipient after a long break in his letters: matters of support for institutions should go to Agudas Chabad and Tzeirei Agudas Chabad in Eretz Yisrael; those he wrote about will be mentioned at the Ohel; he should have a fixed study of Mishnayos and daily Chassidus. The Rebbe asks for details about the son of R. Moshe Nachum Yerushalimski of Kielce, who holds manuscripts of the Rebbeim.