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No. 606

This letter was sent to a woman whose name was not released.

B"H, 17 Iyar, 5710

Blessings and greetings,

Your letter was duly received. In response: You must rest assured that the blessings which our revered Rebbe, my father-in-law, hk"m, gave you [continue] with full force and will be fulfilled.

It is apparent from your letter that you visited a doctor. Certainly, you are obeying his instructions.

G-d is the One Who brings healing and grants strength. Nevertheless, the Torah relates that He desires that this should be accomplished in part through an agent — the doctor and the mediums which the doctor prescribes. We must also remember that the primary medicine are the mitzvos and the good deeds that G-d told each one of us to perform. They endow us with health and strength, as you were blessed by the Rebbe. And a tzaddik's blessings will certainly be fulfilled.

With blessings and greetings to your son,

Rabbi Menachem Schneerson

The importance of physical health; the need to heed a doctor's directives

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