Igrot Kodesh · Letter 7087 — Faith & Bitachon

By the grace of Hashem,

23 Marcheshvan* 5720,

Brooklyn,

To Mr. Chanoch Henich (note 1: Mr. Ch. H. Derman, of Brooklyn),

I greet you and bless you,

I duly received your letter of this Sunday, with the greetings you were asked to transmit from our Holy Land, may it be restored and rebuilt by our righteous Moshiach*. I thank you very much for this, as well as for having related to me an effect of Divine Providence during an ordinary weekday, on the occasion of a very mundane event, to use your expression. All this proves that the world has a Master, Who directs all things, including what seems to be a matter of chance, entirely ordinary. It follows that the most common events, because they are directed by Hashem, cannot be merely a banal occurrence. If they are used in the appropriate manner, they can receive immense importance. I do not know whether the person you met (note 2: Who was the subject of this manifestation of Divine Providence) gave you details about himself. From what you write to me, it seems that this is one of those people whose various aspects of life are known and who encounters Divine Providence at every step, as one can observe with one's eyes of flesh.

I also emphasize that the person to whom you refer made the decision to go to a small village in order to guide Jewish children, to teach them Yiddishkeit*, even though he had to renounce many aspects of his comfort and even of what is a necessity. May Hashem grant that this example exert its effect on Jews wherever they may be, so that they do the same, offering children the opportunity to know Yiddishkeit*, according to the teachings of our holy Torah*, Torah* of life. Indeed, one cannot know the ways of Hashem, and it is possible that this event is an indication given to you by Divine Providence — that of undertaking such action among your friends and acquaintances. When one acts in this way, one knows that words emanating from the heart penetrate into the heart. One then perceives that the difficulties are far less than what one thought, that the results far exceed what one expected. I would like to thank you once more for your greetings, and I await your good tidings. With my blessing,