Igrot Kodesh · Letter 1500 — Health

By the grace of Hashem,

9 Nissan 5712,

Brooklyn,

To the Rav, distinguished chassid* who fears Hashem

and devotes himself to communal needs,

HaRav Eliezer[1],

I greet and bless you,

On the occasion of Pesach, which approaches, I would like to wish you, as well as all your family, a kosher and joyous Yom Tov, in every respect.

With my brachah* of good health, for you and for your wife,

M. Schneerson,

P. S.: I received your letters with pleasure. I thank you very much for having drafted them in a relatively detailed manner. In the meantime, you have surely received my letters and my telegram addressed to Agudas Chabad[2]. I am awaiting good news in this domain.

I address to you a copy of the correspondence[3] that I addressed to the tzaddik*, Rabbi Yisrael Abuchatzeira shlita*, of Lod. If it does not bother you, I ask you to go visit him at his home, with one or two other people. You shall tell him that you come to see him at my request, in order to honor him.

There is good hope that this démarche shall have two positive effects:

A) He has influence on the Sefardic kehillos* of North Africa and doubtless also on the Sefardim who currently dwell in Eretz HaKodesh*.

B) He is surely still in contact, at the present time, with North Africa, where his son is the spiritual guide.

There can therefore result from this a development of the Oholei Yosef Yitzchak network in North Africa.

I thank you in advance for taking care of all this.

Notes

(1) HaRav E. Karasik. See, regarding him, letter no. 1358.

(2) Of which Rav Karasik is a member of the directing committee.

(3) This is the preceding letter.