By the Grace of G‑d
Erev Shabbos Kodeah Bereshis, 5747 [October 31, 1986]
Brooklyn, N.Y.

Chaplain Brig. Gen. Israel Drazin
Dept. of the Army, Office of the Chief of Chaplains
Washington, D.C. 20310

Greeting and Blessing:

This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 22nd of Oct.

Many thanks for the good news it contained, particularly about your talks and lectures on the Seven Noachide Commandments on a number of occasions, and that these were well received, even enthusiastically. I am certainly gratified that you intend to continue doing so.

There is, of course, no need to emphasize to you the importance of promoting these Seven Noachide Commandments among gentiles. In our day and age, it does not require much imagination to realize that, by way of example, had these Divine Commandments been observed and adhered to by all the "Children of Noach," namely the nations of the world, individually and collectively, there would not have been any possibility, in the natural order of things, for such a thing as a Holocaust.

I trust that you have your major speeches on this subject on tape, and that you would publicize them in a suitable publication that could serve as a source, as well as an inspiration for others to disseminate these Seven Commandments. In keeping with a good old Jewish, custom, I take the liberty of making a reservation in regard to your statement, at the conclusion of your letter, to wit: "Although I am not a Chossid, I try to follow the ways of the Rambam," etc. As I surely mentioned it to you during our conversation, the dissemination of the Seven Noachide Laws among non-Jews, is clearly stated in the Rambam as a duty and obligation of Jews, wherever and whenever possible (Code, Hil. Melochim chapters 9 and 10).

May HaShem grant that the declaration of our sages, "He who has 100, desires 200," etc., be fulfilled also in connection with your said activities, namely that you should continue using your good influence in a manner, that would be doubly effective, and then doubly again, from "200 to 400" (and not merely by another increment of 100).

Wishing you again the utmost Hatzlocho in all your good efforts, particularly in the above,

With esteem and blessing,
M. Schneerson