Letter to R. Gordis about Receiving His Book (1967)

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Letter to Myron Kaufmann about His New Book (1966)

Dear Mr. Kaufman, It was a real pleasure hearing from you after all this time. I hope you will believe me when I say that every Wednesday, when I lecture at the "Y", I think of those students I had in the past who gave me good reason to remember them – foremost amongst them, you. Naturally, I am quite pleased with the report you sent to me of your anonymous acquaintance who said such flattering things about me. The remarks made me feel good, not only because they are compliments, but because they justify all the effort that I put into my teaching. Whether I deserve them or not is quite another question.I have been wondering all this while since I last saw you about the progress on your new book. Interestingly, within the last four weeks, two authors of "best sellers" have called me to check out certain facts in new novels they are writing. Is your new book going to deal, in any way, with a Jewish theme or Jewish background? Whatever it is, I am looking forward to it with great expectation.Please give my very fondest regards to your wife, from both me and my own wife. We both remember with great fondness the evening the two of you spent with us at our home. Please do let me hear from you.Cordially yours,RABBI NORMAN LAMM

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Letter to Samuel Greenblatt about Receiving R. Gordis' Book (1967)

Dear Mr. Greenblatt: I just received Dr. Gordis’ latest volume, sent to me at your behest. Thank you ever so much for your thoughtfulness and kindness. While I have not yet had the opportunity to read it, I am sure that its contents are such as to justify your obvious high estimation of the author and his work. I shall, p.G., read it in pleasure, and with the added delight of thinking of you while doing so. My very sincerest regards and best wishes for a happy, healthful and peaceful New Year. Sincerely, Rabbi Norman Lamm.

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Letter to R. Joseph Lookstein about His Homiletical Essays (1968)

Dear Rabbi Lookstein: Many, many thanks for sending me your splendid new volume of homiletical essays. Reading through them evoked a good deal of nostalgia from me for the "good old days" when you trained me – a nostalgia mingled with the same admiration which has not diminished, but rather increased through the years. I do hope that "Faith and Destiny of Man" is but the first of a series of similar volumes. Once again, therefore, my thanks and congratulations, together with my wishes to you and Mrs. Lookstein, and all your family, for a happy and kosher Passover. Cordially yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm

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