Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe - Encouraging and Urging to Disseminate Judaism and Chassidism - With Blessings ...

Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe - Encouraging and Urging to Disseminate Judaism and Chassidism - With Blessings for a "Good and Sweet Year" - 1955
Letter of encouragement and exhortation to disseminate Judaism and Chassidism, with sharp censure of Chassidim who are slack in these matters, and with blessings for a good year, signed by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of Lubavitch. Addressed to R. Alexander Sender Yudasin in Tel Aviv. Brooklyn, Elul 1955.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his handwritten signature, with corrections and one word handwritten by the Rebbe.
Lengthy, detailed letter. In his letter, the Rebbe urges and encourages the recipient, R. Yudasin, to increase his efforts and activities for disseminating Judaism and Chassidism. At the end of the letter, the Rebbe extends his blessings: "And may G-d grant him merit and may they succeed to impart good reports… and be inscribed and sealed for a good and sweet year".
In the letter, the Rebbe expresses sharp criticism of the Chassidim who know how to arrange meetings, in which they discuss the required methods of activity, and even send the Rebbe reports of these meetings, though in practice, nothing is done. In light of this, the Rebbe writes, he refrains from sending letters of encouragement to those Chassidim, since in any case the letters are not effective, and he has no interest in writing idle talk. The Rebbe explains: "Behold, the prohibition of idle talk applies to me as well, and idle talk does not necessarily refer only to talking about nonsense, it also includes words which do not engender activity, which means they are futile… It is not my duty to fruitlessly dispirit someone".
Part of the letter was printed in Igrot Kodesh, XI, pp. 373-374. The passage containing the reproach was not published there, and it is being disclosed here for the first time.
Aerogram. 30.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor marginal tears. Folding marks.