(RaYa”Tz. Sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, 1880-1950). Typed Letter Signed, in Hebrew and Yiddish, on letterhead, written to Moshe HaKohen Shayevitz, communal leader of Chabad Chassidim in Chicago.

SCHNEERSON, YOSEPH YITZCHAK.

29th Sivan

Brooklyn, New York

1944

A most unusual and heartfelt letter in which the Frierdiker Rebbe expresses his innermost feelings as to the purpose of his flight from Europe and resettlement in the United States: “The propagation and dissemination of Torah and Yirath Shamayim in the spirit of Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch is the mission which Divine Providence has placed upon me - to make America into a place committed to Torah. God has given me the strength to execute and implement this mission. Help me with this and you will truly strengthen my health…and will (in turn) be blessed with an abundance of blessings “Minefesh ad Basar.”