Dear Rabbi: At the outset I must first say "Mazel Tov" and lets together make "Shehecheyonu" that we have lived to see that The R.C.A. has its own "Tradition." As for myself I congratulate you as the Editor and your board of editors for seeing to it that "Tradition" came out as good as it did. This letter comes to you from a man by the name Baruch Litvin living in Mount Clemens, Michigan, the fellow that is fighting windmills, the fellow who started the "Milchamas Hashem" against letting the laity in a Synnagogue by majority vote decide Hallacha, which means taking over the prerogatives of the Rabbis, and of course once we let this thing go by without a fight the next thing then follows: what was taken up on the concervative convention that the laity must have the final, in determinning the norms of the ritual and ethical behavior, yes the Rabbi can be consulted but the final say is left with the "Am Aratzim and the women" (please excuse my attitute toward the the women and their husbands who do not know the difference of an Alef to a Beis).I do not wish to burden you with the vast amount of information gathered by myself in regards the Tradition of Mechitzos, but I feel that Mechitzos are entitled to be spread on the pages of ״Tradition" as a part of what the alms of Tradition is, and should be.Should you give serious consideration to my way of thinking I can arrange a meeting between you and myself and give you much more material than I am stating now. Your Secretary Profesor fox knows me and is well aquainted with the case same is Rabbi Sharfman, Rabbi Rockman, and I am making this plea to you, and your board to consider Litvins thought on the matter of Mechitzos, that Judaism will stand or chas Vecholile fall by the attitude of the Rabbis towards mixed pews.I need not go into detail as I am aware that I am writing to Rabbis and I am only a laymen Vehamaskil Yovin.Please if after deliberation you find merit in my thinking that "Tradition" Must take up the fight …

Dear Mr. Litvin: It was a pleasure hearing from you and learning of the progress that you are making in the publication of your forthcoming book. You know how willing I am to cooperate with you in anything you ask of me. However, I an so overburdened because of my inability to say "no" that I am afraid that I shall never get around to doing the things that I personally have given priority to. I would very much appreciate it if you would accept a request by me to be forgiven from the present assignment. I am just too busy to undertake anything else at the moment.I know you will get expert and better advice from other sources.Sincerely,Rabbi Norman Lamm

Dear Mr. Litvin: It was a pleasure to hear from you and learn that you and your family are all well. I have had the opportunity, since seeing you last, to read through parts of your excellent work, "Jewish Identity," and I must say that it certainly is a worthwhile work and one that deserved publication and the effort you put into it. I do not believe myself competent to offer you any advice as to whether it should be printed in pocketbook edition. My information is that pocketbook editions normally sell very well, but I am quite naive about the financial complications.I am asking my secretary to send you several of the more recent Bulletins, so that you can "keep in contact."Please give my very fondest regards to Mrs. Litvin and members of the family.Sincerely yours,RABBI NORMAN LAMMNL/le

Dear Rebbi, Shalom: We are home again in the great Midbor Mt. Clemens, we hope that you and your family had a Freilichen and Kosherln Pesach. I wish to thank you for publishing "A Hedge of Roses," it will take its place as a "classic" as long as there will be an English speaking Jewry, it is a real gem. Since I did not have the privilege of getting an academic education, I dare not review it, fearing of what our Sages instructed us: "Kol Hamosif goreah," so I am trying to hold to the line, but with your permission may I cite to you what the Zohar has to say on the above citation.On the verse in Song of Songs VI,11: I went down into the garden of nuts, for as the nut has a shell surrounding and protecting the kernel inside, so it is with everything sacred: the sacred principle occupies the interior, whilst the "other side" encircles the exterior.Observe that the exterior of the nut, the more it is enlarged the more worthless it becomes. As a mnemonic we have the sacrifices of the Feast of Tabernacles, the number which goes on diminishing with the increase of days. I hope that I have proven with the help of the Zohar Hakadosh the instruction of the Sages "Koi Hamosif goreah."If in my enthusiasm the Moshol is not 100 percent to the Nimshol, please forgive me.As to the "Meteor" that I sent out in Tradition: The Religious Implication... I leave it for another letter, if I don’t bore you too much. I have to have some self-expression and you as a Rebbi and friend I asn have permission to do it.Here, in your Tradition and Jewish Life, I certainly had a BerriJof wine and a good portion of Lamb, so we are wishing you to keep on to be as dynamic as you are. May the Almighty give you strength and see to it that no evil eye shall have any effect upon you, "Yaasher Kochacho."

Dear Rebbi, Shalom: I hope this letter finds you and your family well in every respect. You will note by the above address that I am in Florida trying to recuperate from the illness and the operation. I do make progress but as yet have not completely recovered, but have hope that Hashem will help me. I was greatly distressed and depressed – mildly speaking – that Dr. Belkin was going to the Synagogue Council who has chosen to honor the heads of our 3 major seminaries, unquote. But I have no words to express my pain reading the following words in the Jewish newspaper (enclosing the announcement): “Three Religious Yiddishe Firerers will be honored,” and to my great astonishment—Reform and Conservative—and your being with them will naturally give status to them, recognition that they are religious leaders. Vehamaskil Yavin...So *Ani Hakoton*, Rabbi Lamm's *Chosid*, Baruch ben Moshe Ber, Ben Shlomoh, appeal to you to withdraw your name and declare publicly why.I am quoting to you what Rav Maimon זצ״ל wrote to Ben-Gurion in the matter of “Who is a Jew?” I quote:> “As a friend, I advise and wish that you, like other great men of Israel, will know how to rise above any considerations of personal honor. Acknowledge the truth and publicly declare: ‘As for the word I have spoken, I have made a mistake.’ This will be your greatness and your glory.”Should you ask yourself, what will be the gain? I then will quote again Isaiah, chapter 6, verse 9 and on. Look up the Malbim: when G-d tells Isaiah that he will fail, the prophet asks: then why should I go? And G-d answers him why he should go.And in the words of Buber on his essay “Plato and Isaiah,” at one place he states: Isaiah's failure is an integral part of the way he must take, and finishes his essay:> “But when the prophet feels like one who finds himself surrounded by wild beasts, he cannot withdraw to the role of a silent spectator, as Plato did. He must speak his message. The message will be misunderstood, misinte…