This letter was sent to the kabbalist and sage, R. Meir Abuchatzeira, who was one of the leading Rabbis in Morocco where the Rebbe had sent shluchim.

B”H, 8 Adar II, 5711,
Brooklyn

Greetings and blessings,

From time to time, I receive word of the goings on in your community via the chassidic communal leader, R. Michael Lipsker. [The Rebbe’s shliach in Morocco. See Letter No. 559 and those that follow which describe R. Michael’s mission.]

Certainly, you personally will also bring me good news that gladdens the heart regarding the growth of the Torah institutions named Oholei Yosef Yitzchak-Lubavitch in your holy community, i.e., Torah [institutions] that teach “the precepts of G‑d” that “are just, bringing joy to the heart.” [Tehillim 19:9.] With abundant thanks in advance.

I am writing about a matter of immediate concern, i.e., to express much thanks for the text Machsof HaLavan. The name is of significance.1 See the Zohar, Vol. I, p. 161b [which states]: “White streaks (machsof halavan)… so that the white2 would be revealed on the red.3 Why did he do all this? In order to draw down blessings to his lot from the Source of all things.” And see also ibid., p. 162a: “The white was peeled off above the [other] colors; it rises above them. This is the intent of the white streaks… [creating the setting for] ‘G‑d is my shepherd, I shall not want.’ [Tehillim 23:1.] And it is written: ‘He causes me to lie down in grassy pastures.’”4 Consult those sources.

Enclosed is a kuntres for the coming Purim holiday which we recently published, containing the teachings5 of my revered father-in-law, the Rebbe, [There our Sages speak of the positive benefits generated for a person’s soul in this world and in the spiritual realms when one studies his teachings.] through supporting the institutions which educate Jewish boys and girls in the spirit of Yisrael, the elder.6 Then, “When there are kids, there will be goats. When there are young children, there will be elders; there will be wise men, there will be sages, there will be Torah study, there will be synagogues and houses of study” (as stated in the Midrash,7 cited in the above-mentioned maamar). The ultimate purpose is that G‑d will rest His presence in this lowly material world. For the sitra achra will be subjugated and darkness will be transformed to light, [causing] G‑d’s infinite light to shine forth.

With blessings for a joyous Purim and greetings to the members of our fellowship, for “all Israel are friends.”8 Greetings to your entire family.