Igrot Kodesh · Letter 979 — Health & Refuah

By the grace of Hashem,
12 Nissan 5711,
Brooklyn,

Greetings and blessings,

I learned that you were not in good health and were suffering from your foot. I therefore extend to you my blessing that you should recover health in general and be delivered from this pain in particular. I hope you will be able to give me good news in this matter.

You no doubt know what Iggeres HaKodesh* explains in its first chapter. That text says that emunah*[1] is qualified as "hips" and "feet," thanks to which the body can stand upright. The festival of Pesach* approaches. Now, it is precisely by the merit of emunah* that our ancestors left Egypt. It is for this that we eat matzah*, "food of emunah*," which strengthens the emunah* of every Jew.

The body and the neshama* of a Jew are linked one to the other, as the kuntres* edited on the occasion of Pesach* explains. Now, both are nourished by the matzah*, "food of emunah*," in particular the hips and the feet, material and spiritual[2]. I therefore wish you a prompt recovery.

I extend to you my blessing for a kosher and joyous Pesach* festival, and that you should have a good settlement, materially and spiritually.

Enclosed you will find the kuntres* edited on the occasion of Pesach*, with the collective letter that accompanies it[3].

Notes
[1] On the relation between illness and emunah*, see letter no. 334.
[2] Which are emunah*.
[3] Letter no. 971.