Rebbe Responsa

creation of the world” (eg. in the current year it would read: תנש תשמח םיפלא עבש תואמ םישלשו שלשו תאירבל םלועה.)

In the words of the Megillah which we read this week, “there is one people... and their laws differ from those of any other people”—may G-d grant that just as in those days our people felt justly proud of their uniqueness and difference and made no attempt to reconcile their laws and customs and views with those of the people among whom they were “dispersed and scattered,” so may every Jew now also display the same courageous spirit, based on the one and the same Torah, since “this Torah shall not be changed or substituted”—one of the basic 13 Principles of our faith, as formulated by our Sages.

With esteem and blessing,

REBBE