By the Grace of G-d
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Rosh Chodesh Kislev, 5744. Brooklyn, N.Y.
Dr. & Mrs. R.M. Richter
1 Hanson Place
Brooklyn, N. Y. 11243
Greeting and Blessing:
This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter and enclosure of Nov. 1st. Many thanks for the good news it contained, and may G-d grant the fulfillment of your hearts’ desires for good in the matters about which you wrote.
Especially as we have now entered the auspicious month of Kislev, highlighted by the days of Geulo of the 10th and 19th of Kislev, followed by Chanukah, the Festival of Lights.
May G-d grant that the inspiration of these bright days will further illuminate and brighten up all your affairs, both materially and spiritually, with the light of the Torah and Mitzvoth in your personal everyday life, as well as in your surroundings, as symbolized by, and in the manner of, the Chanukah Lights, which are kindled in growing numbers from day to day.
Receipt is enclosed for your Tzedoko, and may it bring you and yours additional Divine blessings.
With blessing,
M. Schneerson
Source: Photocopy of the original, courtesy of the Cunin family.
Dr. Robert and Gladys Richter. Dr. Richter has held various positions in New York hospitals, including nearly twenty years as an academic surgeon at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital. Raised in a non-Orthodox home, he was introduced to Chabad in 1954 when he became engaged to Gladys, the granddaughter of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Cunin, a prominent Chabad chossid. This relationship marked the beginning of his enduring connection with the Rebbe. Dr. Richter was one of the doctors who treated the Rebbe on Shmini Atzeres, 5738.
