The Rebbe's Letter to a Bar Mitzvah

By the Grace of G-d

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Greetings and Blessings,

In response to the notification about your entry into the age of mitzvos:

May it be G-d's will that from "thirteen, the age at which one is obliged to observe the mitzvos," you will grow up to "fifteen, the age [for the study of Gemara]" - and so on, as determined by the Mishnah (in Avos, chapter 5). May you increase your persistent diligence in your study of the Torah - both in nigleh, the revealed plane of the Torah, and in the teachings of Chassidus - and may you perform the mitzvos with loving attention.

And may G-d grant you success in your efforts to become a chassid, a G-d-fearing Jew, and a Torah scholar.

With blessings,