Letter of Condolence to Rabbanit Herzog Upon Passing of Yaakov Herzog (1972)

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Letter of Condolence and Rosh Hashanah Wishes to Jack Weiler Upon the Passing of His Father (1959)

Dear Mr. Weiler: Please accept my sincere thanks for your thoughtfulness and good wishes. I wish you and your family a most happy and healthy New Year, and may I take this occasion formally to extend to you genuine feelings of condolence on the great loss which you sustained, I knew your saintly father, of blessed memory, when I first became a student in Torch Vodaath. I shall never forget how he combined a brilliant mind with a sweet and generous personality. May his memory be a blessing.Sincerely,Rabbi Norman Lamm

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Letter of Condolence to Dr. Wolowelsky (1968)

ב"ה י"ג תמוז תשכ"ח כוס תנחומין וברכת נחמה לידידי החשוב כמר יואל נ"י. מה מאד הצטערתי לשמוע הנורא והמזעזע על הלקח ממך אביך היקר ז"ל בעודכם בתוך שנת האבל לאמכם המנוחה ע"ה! ממש תסמרנה שערות הראש, ואין בפי מילים לנחמך, ואולי טובה השתיקה בכגון זה. רק זה דע לך, יואל ידידי, בתוך האבל הכבד הזה, שאין לך אדם מישראל שאין לו גואל, ובפרט שמדובר באדם כמותך ובבת יקרה כאחותך היקרה והחשובה תחי'. חבריך ומוקירך יעמדו לימינך תמיד. ואם רק יש משהו שאוכל אנוכי הקטן לעשות בשבילך, אנא ואנא אל תהסס לדרוש ממני. רעיתי משתתפת אתי בברכת הנחומים אליכם. המקום ינחם אתכם בתוך שאר אבלי ציו"ר. שלך נחום לאם

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Letter of Condolence to Grunfeld Family upon Passing of Dayan Grunfeld (1975)

Dear Mrs. Grunfeld, Naomi, and Mr. Grunfeld: I am broken-hearted by the devastating news that I just heard about the demise of my dear friend and the crown of your family, the late and lamented Dayan Grunfeld. Nothing that I can say will add to the lustre of his impeccable and enduring reputation. He was a man whose unique combinations of talent, achievements, and dimensions of personality made him into a Jewish leader sui generis, and hence his passing is all the more devastating to a generation so poor in great spirits. I know what this must mean for your family – and I therefore hesitate to encroach upon this sacred sorrow that now envelops you. But I do want you to know that there are hundreds, nay thousands, beyond England who share in your grief, and this knowledge of how beloved and revered Dayan Grunfeld was will, I hope and pray, in some measure lighten your great burden. May his memory ever prove a source of strength to all of you, and may you be comforted by the Almighty amongst all the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem. Sincerely yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm

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