By the Grace of G-d
Purim Koton, 5741
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Greeting and Blessing:
This is to confirm receipt of your correspondence, and, as requested, I will remember you and your children in prayer.
I trust it is unnecessary to emphasize to you at length that since all blessings come from G-d, and the channel to receive them is through the everyday life and conduct in accordance with His Will, every additional effort in matters of Yiddishkeit, Torah and Mitzvoth, though a must for their own sake, widens the channels to receive G-d’s blessings, not only spiritually but also materially and physically. Indeed, this is often emphasized in the Torah, and a whole Sedra is devoted to it, namely Bechukosai: "If you walk in My statutes and observe My Mitzvoth and do them..." then follow all the blessings enumerated there.
It is also self-evident that in this case it is completely irrelevant whether a person can understand, in his or her limited human mind, the reasons why this or that Divine Mitzvo is to be fulfilled. It is a matter of logic and common sense that inasmuch as a human being grows wiser as he or she grows older, there is no point in making the fulfillment of any Mitzvo conditional upon one’s present understanding, knowing that a year from now one’s mind, knowledge and experience will give him or her new perceptions.
The above is true, of course, of all G-d’s Mitzvoth, and certainly more emphatically in that stage of life when one achieves completeness through marriage and raising a family for all posterity. It is understandable that in connection with such an exalted position, there are special Mitzvoth, namely the laws and regulations of Taharas Hamishpocho, which are the channels for special Divine blessings. It is therefore impossible to overemphasize the importance of the strictest observance of these laws and regulations. But there is surely no need to do that in your case, especially as much has been written and said on this most important aspect of Jewish life.
I take this opportunity to enclose a copy of my message to the Midwinter Conference of Neshei Chabad, which is intended, of course, for all Jewish women and daughters.
Wishing you Hatzlocho in all above, and hoping to hear good news from you,
With blessings,
M. Schneerson
