Igrot Kodesh · Letter 3619 — Faith & Bitachon

B"H

7 Tammuz* 5715

Brooklyn

Blessings and greetings,

I was pleased to receive your telegram informing me that you arrived home safely. I was also glad to receive your news through Dr. Mindel, who received your letter. No doubt you found the members of your family in good health. You must also have greeted all the Chassidim*, as well as your brother, as we had agreed.

Jews are described as "a land of delight," and when one plants a seed in a Jewish heart, one ultimately obtains fruit — even if it is sometimes difficult to predict when they will appear. It is said that "none among us will be cast away" (this will therefore also be the case for the addressee's brother). All the more so since the merit of doing good for other Jews prevents one from being materially despoiled. Whether one wishes it or not, and even if one acts at first under compulsion, one is ultimately drawn toward the true good. And there is no good but Torah* and the practice of mitzvos*.

Thank Hashem, you enjoy success in other domains (apart from bringing your brother closer to Jewish practice). One must therefore hope that you will achieve success in this matter as well. Obviously, you may convey all of this in my name, if you deem it useful. You know the definitive conclusion (of our Sages*), also adopted by the sciences of the world, that nothing disappears. Everything that exists can in no way return to nothingness.

If this is the case in the material dimension, one can understand how much more it must be the case in the spiritual domain — to which belongs the sound education that parents give their children.

I am enclosing a pamphlet that is the continuation of the account of the imprisonment of my father-in-law, the Rebbe*, whose merit protects us. It will no doubt interest you. This will be the case particularly for the addendum, which treats of exile*. It is clear that the greatest exile* is not that of finding oneself among strangers, but rather that of being imprisoned by one's own evil inclination*.

With my blessing of good health for you, your wife, and the entire family, and that you multiply your activities for Torah* and mitzvos* in general, and for the Lubavitch institutions in particular,