Igrot Kodesh · Letter 680 — Chinuch

By the grace of Hashem,
18 Menachem Av 5710,

To the Rabbi, distinguished Chassid*, who fears Hashem,
Rav M. [1],

Greetings and blessings,

I reply to your letter of 10 Menachem Av. I have indeed received the two parts of the sicha* of Pesach* 5693 [2] and I thank you for them. Without doubt, and as you promised me, you will also send me all the other pamphlets that have been printed there [3].

I also thank you for having briefly given me news of the Chassidim* who are in your city. They have surely set a time to study the teachings of my father-in-law, the Rebbe, and they endeavor to involve in these studies those who, for the moment, are not yet Chassidim.

You know the saying of the Rebbe Rashab [4], according to which "the students of the Yeshivah are lights, destined to illuminate." Divine Providence has led you to a place where you are practically freed from the constraints of having to provide for one's livelihood [5], and you mingle with many other Jews.

Now, we are living in the period of ikvesa diMeshicha* — the heels of Moshiach* — and, in order to prepare for his coming, an effort must be made to spread the wellsprings of Chassidus* outward, precisely outward. Each moment is therefore particularly precious, and one must enlarge the vessels that bring about the Geulah*, which are precisely the dissemination of the wellsprings of Chassidus, as the sicha of Simchas Torah 5690 [6] explains at length.

We know, indeed, the saying [7] appearing in one of the sichos of my father-in-law, the Rebbe, according to which "when Moshiach comes, one will strike one's forehead and say: My G-d! How many things one could have accomplished, during the period of exile!"

I conclude by giving you my blessing and greeting your entire community,

Menachem Schneerson

Notes:
[1] Rav Michoel Teitelbaum. See also Letter 702.
[2] 1933, by the previous Rebbe.
[3] Near Munich, in Germany.
[4] See Letter 709.
[5] These Chassidim were in transit camps, financed by the American Joint.
[6] 1929, by the previous Rebbe.
[7] Reported in Hayom Yom, on 3 Menachem Av.