Yom Holedes - Part XI

00:00 Behemshech to the earlier installment regarding the Meledes birthday and its customs, aspects, and lessons. We will continue now, Mitz Hashem, with installment number eleven, discussing various berachos which the Rebbe blessed in his letters to individuals. To one of the Hasidim, the Rebbe wrote the following on the twenty-sixth of Kislev Tavshin Yud Ches, late 1957. In regards to his notification about his birthday, surely he will conduct himself with the Minag Avanas, the customs that Hasidim do on the day of a birthday, and the Yehi Ratzon, it shall be the will of Hashem, that he should have a successful year, be in yonim haklolim u'bin yonim haprotim, which means in his communal work and in his personal matters. To another person, the Rebbe wrote that I am participating and joining the call, the many people who are blessing his honor, the Rebbe wrote it to an honorary person, in regards to his birthday, and to wish him long and good years and days. To a Talmud in Yeshiva, a student in Yeshiva, the Rebbe writes in a letter on the ninth of Kislev Tavshin Yud Gimel, late 1952, Hashem Isbarech should give him the merit that he should fulfill his mission in this world for long and good days and years, and he should be a Hasid, and a Yirei Shamayim, and a Lamdan, a scholar. And the meaning of Lamdan is not only in the teachings of Hasidus, but also in the teachings of the Talmud and Halacha. And the Rebbe also adds that the word

02:22 Lamdan is with a lange nun. It concludes with a long nun, not a regular nun, which shows that it's, uh, to a very great extent. He's learning Nigle Hasidus. To a young girl, to a girl, in response to a girl who wrote into the Rebbe about her birthday, the Rebbe responded as follows, "I receive your letter from the fifteenth of Sivan, in which you write about your birthday. Hashem Isbarech should help you that it should be a successful year by you in a physical sense and in a spiritual sense. And quite often you should try to influence your friends to bring them closer to Yiddishkeit and to fulfill mitzvahs in a practical sense. And the merit of doing these activities is very great. And one who involves oneself in these activities is also helped in what the person himself needs. Surely you have the potential to acquaint your friends with the Anhoge of Mesiras Nefesh as it was in houses of Hasidim and tell them about it, because every year it has a treasure and a potential of Mesiras Nefesh. And when one speaks once and additional, and additional times, and additional times, the words make an impression and have an influence on the listener." And the Rebbe concludes with blessing and peace to give over to your friends, and they should all be successful in all the above mentioned, and that every one of them should be mashpia in her environment in yonim of Teder and Yiddishkeit. In an additional letter that the Rebbe

05:07 writes to a girl on the twentieth of Tammuz Tavshin Yud Dalet nineteen fifty-four, in response to her request, benegea to her yemeledes, the Rebbe writes as follows, "You surely will take upon yourself bli neder without a vow to increase from now and on in the study and also in your good behavior and in your influence on the environment and in particular on your friends that they should listen to their parents and teachers and conduct themselves as it is appropriate for Jewish daughters, daughters of Sarah Rivka Rochel Valeia. And surely they will utilize the vacation days That they have off from school to organize Mesiba Shabbos for young girls. And likewise, in the weekdays, they should gather them at least tw- uh, o- twice or once a week to tell them stories from our holy Torah and to teach them berachos and laws and customs of Am Yisroel that are necessary for their age. Surely you will relay all this to your friends, and they all will participate in this activity, and Hashem Yisbaruch should bless you with success. Last week, there was a wedding, a grandson of Rab Shmuel Lou. Rab Shmuel Lou is a distinguished liach in England for many years, a lange gezunte yorn, and for the wedding, a Torah, a memento was distributed to the guests. The Torah consists of many letters of correspondence between the Rebbe and Rab Shmuel Lou and his wife, Mrs. Lou. Pasga Chaf Protis, some of these letters relate to Yemaledes. Mrs. Lou would inform the Rebbe

07:36 every year about her Yemaledes, and the Rebbe would respond with a letter of berachos. In a letter dated the nineteenth of Shevat, Tov Shin Chavov, nineteen sixty-six, the Rebbe writes a letter to Mrs. Lou beginning with beracha v'sholem, blessing and peace. In response to her letter in which she writes about her Yemaledes, and surely she is constantly increasing in matters of Yiddishkeit and mitzvahs as the directive of our holy Torah, Torah's Chayim, the Torah of our life, Lahalis BaKedesh, that a person should always accelerate in matters of kedusha. And in addition to the Iker, Mili Hatzivui, the priority is to fulfill the directive, the teaching of Torah to accelerate. So the Rebbe says this in itself is also a channel and vessel to receive the berachos of Hashem in what is needed. And the Rebbe concludes, "V'yehi rotzon," it should be the will of Hashem that the year that is coming in, Habo Le-Olel L'Teva, should be a shnas hatzlacha, a year of success, b'gashmiyus v'ruchniyus, physically and spiritually, and she should always be able to give over good news in all the above mentioned. The Rebbe signs, "B'birchas," and the Rebbe adds in his handwriting, "Hatzlacha b'pu'alei se'ar ba'afotzas hayadus," success in her activities in spreading Yiddishkeit, and then the Rebbe signs his name. This is a letter that Mrs. Lou would receive every year on the occasion of her Yemalei Ledes.