66. “When a soldier sets out to the battlefield, he strides forth to the joyful rhythm of a triumphal march.”

65. “If people made a habit of sharing good news, they would have less—or no—need to set up bonds of communication about opposite of good news.”

67. “...there will be a corresponding decrease in one’s anxiety about what others will say about the manner of one’s speech.”

By the Grace of G‑d
29 Kislev, 5720 [1959]
Brooklyn

Blessings and Greetings!

[...] As1 we heard from my revered father-in-law, the Rebbe [Rayatz], when a soldier sets out to the battlefield, he strides forth to the joyful rhythm of a triumphal march. This makes it possible for the victory to be greater and speedier.

The same applies to the subject mentioned above.2 If you, and all those who are active together with you, step out with a joyful certainty that your efforts will be victorious, that victory will be easier, sooner, and greater. [...]

Above all, one must strengthen one’s trust — that Chassidus will hold its ground everywhere, including [your hometown]. Accordingly, happy is your lot that you are involved in this task, a task that should be carried out “with joy and with a gladsome heart,” in the spirit that our forebears, the Rebbeim, expect of every individual.

With blessings for good news in all the above,

[...]

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65. “If people made a habit of sharing good news, they would have less—or no—need to set up bonds of communication about opposite of good news.”

67. “...there will be a corresponding decrease in one’s anxiety about what others will say about the manner of one’s speech.”

Footnotes

Igros Kodesh, Vol. 19, p. 107, Letter 7132.

The addressee and her husband had described the challenges confronting their endeavors at disseminating Yiddishkeit in general and Chassidus in particular.

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