The name of the recipient of this letter was not made known.

B”H, 23 Teves, 5711,
Brooklyn

Blessings and greetings,1

In response to your question concerning a shidduch and your [prospective] marriage partner: Behold, before getting engaged, you must be certain that your house will be built on the foundations of the Torah and [its] mitzvos. [Implied is] that not only you, but also your fiancé will take upon yourselves with the full strength of a promise to observe the mitzvos and for your fiancé to have fixed times for studying the Torah. It is self-understood that this promise must be truthful and genuine, for upon it is dependent the good fortune of a Jewish man and woman.

If, in addition to the above, your heart is drawn to the suggested partner, may it be in a good and auspicious hour.

I would be interested in knowing who are the members of the family, in what are the parents involved, what are the circumstances of the members of their household, etc.

With blessing,

Menachem Schneerson