By the Grace of G‑d
Erev Lag BOmer, 5729 [May 5, 1969]
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Mr. Chaim Yaakov [Jacques] Lipchitz
La Quinta Hotel
La Quinta, Calif.

Greeting and Blessing:

Thank you very much for your letter of the 21st of April. I was delighted to note that you feel much better in health.

The inauguration which you mention and which is to take place on May 4th, will no doubt be a certain strain, but on the other hand, I am confident the gratification that will go with it will have a very beneficial effect on your health.

I just received a good report from Rabbi Krinsky that your stay in your present surroundings is satisfactory. He also told me that you expressed your readiness to meet with some of our representatives on the West Coast who are active in the dissemination of Yiddishkeit in that area. I trust that this encounter will be of mutual benefit, to you no less than to them.

I send you my prayerful wishes and warm personal regards.
With blessing,

M. Schneerson