Letter to Pollak Family about Inability to Attend Bar Mitzvah (1967)

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Letter to Zev and Chana Wolfson Declining Invitation to Party (1963)

Dear Zev and Chana: As delighted as Mindy and I were to receive your invitation, so do we feel bad that we must very very regretfully decline it. The night of December 15th has been reserved for a very special celebration of an event in the life of a dear friend of ours, who is a member of my synagogue, and who set the date specifically at my recommendation. It begins about the same time that your party does. Such are the complexities of our lives that much as we would want to be with you, we have no choice but to absent ourselves. That does not mean that we do not join in wishing the both of you Mazal-Tov wishes from the very bottom of our hearts. May the Almighty grant you many many years of endless "nachas" from Alisa and your other children. Please remember us to all your guests, our dear friends. Cordially yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm

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Letter to R. Riskin about Inability to Attend Lincoln Square Synagogue Inaugural Dinner (1967)

Dear Rabbi Riskin: It would have been a great pleasure for Mrs. Lamm and myself to attend the first Inaugural Dinner of the Lincoln Square Synagogue this coming Sunday night. However, unfortunately; the invitation arrived too late for me to be able to make the proper arrangement. Several months ago I already committed myself for a lecture out of town on January 29th.I hope, therefore, that you and Mrs. Riskin, and all your congregation, will forgive our absence and accept our best wishes and warmest regards from afar.As an admiring colleague and neighbor, I wish you God speed in all your marvelous endeavors to build, in our neighborhood, a true "makom kadosh" which will reflect glory on the sacred cause that unites us.Sincerely yours,Rabbi Norman LammRNL/fz

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Letter to Arthur Friedman Regretting Inability to Attend His Wedding (1967)

Dear Arthur: It is with considerable regret that I write to inform you that I shall be unable to attend and officiate at your wedding on January 13th, p.G. I think you know me well enough to appreciate that had conditions permitted it, I would have considered it both an honor and a pleasure to join you in your great ”simchah.” However, I have been invited to address the World Conference of Orthodox Synagogues which is taking place that week in Jerusalem. My plans call for me to be away for the minimum amount of time necessary for my lecture and other important business, namely, January 6-16, 1968. I hope you will appreciate that the importance of this Conference, the first of its kind in history, is of such magnitude that I had no choice but to accept the invitation. I hope you and your bride will forgive me, and that I shall have the opportunity of joining you on many other happy occasions and, of course, of what I hope and pray will be a long, long life for you of joy and satisfaction.Cordially yours.RABBI NORMAN LAb«4RNL/fz

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