Dear Mr. Allen: I was delighted to receive a copy of your mimeographed lectures on the Talmud and its historical background. Because of the pressure of the holidays, I have not had more than a very minor opportunity to glance at it briefly. I do hope to give it much fuller attention later on, and I expect that I shall derive much benefit from it in my own educational work. Nevertheless, even from a cursory glance, I can see the hand of a master to whom all the ways of the Talmud are clear. May the Almighty grant you many many more years of the study of Torah and all its teaching to the House of Israel. With very kindest and warmest wishes for a “Gemar Tov.” Sincerely, Rabbi Norman Lamm