By the Grace of G-d
Erev Shabbos Mevorchim Sivan, 5744. Brooklyn, N. Y.
To All Organizers & Participants Arranging For A Chabad Branch in Marin County, Headed by Messrs. Reuven Ross, Reuven Litvin, Yisroel Pinchas Sapan California
Greeting and Blessing:
I was pleased to be informed in your letter of the 27th of Nissan about your resolve to open a new branch of Chabad in Marin County, California, and that you have, indeed, successfully taken the initial steps to put the project into effect and to assure its viability and progress.
May Hashem grant that it should be with Hatzlocho. Especially since there is the assurance that when a Jew makes a firm resolve connected with Torah and Mitzvoth, even a seemingly ambitious one, HaShem helps to carry it out in the fullest measure; all the more so when a group of Jews make a concerted effort for such a vital cause as strengthening and spreading Yiddishkeit, Torah and Mitzvoth, on a broad communal scale.
In light of the above, I trust that all the discussions, consultations and preparations will be brought to a successful and speedy conclusion, and the plan, which surely has G-d’s approval and blessing, will be put into operation.
I note that you are in consultation with our original Chabad Askonim, headed by Rabbi Cunin, to whom a copy of this letter is being sent, and that you also have the approval of the Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch, our Central Organization for Jewish Education, to whom a copy of this letter will also be made available.
The present days of Sefira, and having reached Erev Shabbos Mevorchim Chodesh Sivan, the month of Mattan Torah, is certainly most timely and auspicious for opening this facility for Torah and Torah education, of which it is written, “These are our life and the length of our days.”
With prayerful wishes for Hatzlocho, and with the traditional Chabad blessing for a joyous and inspiring Festival of Kabolas HaTorah b’simcha and b’pnimius,
With blessing,
M. Schneerson
Source: Photocopy of the original.
Nusach of the evening prayer, adopted from Devarim 30:20.
