Igrot Kodesh · Letter 1945 — General

By the grace of Hashem,

16 Kislev 5713,

Brooklyn,

Greetings and blessings,

I received with pleasure your letter from the end of the month of Cheshvan, in which you mention the "Tefillin* club." It is difficult to express how important this is. It seems to you that this initiative is secondary, but this is nothing other than an intervention of the yetzer hara*.

As you know, our Sages say that "one who saves a Jewish soul is considered as if he had saved the entire world." It seems to me that I have already told you that you must meditate on the content of chapter 25 of Tanya*[1], according to which "the unity thus realized Above is immutable, for Hashem and His Will transcend time. So too is the expression of this Will through His Word, that is, the Torah*. The latter is also eternal, as it is said: 'The word of our Hashem stands forever' and 'His words live and endure.'"

I hope this will give you the strength and the ardor to become aware of what you are capable of doing.

With my blessing on the occasion of the festival of liberation,

Notes

[1] See Tanya, chapter 25.