Telegram from Rabbi C.H. Kreiswirth to Rabbi Lipner:

February 13, 1997


I DEEPLY REGRET MY NOT BEING ABLE TO ATTEND YOUR MOST IMPORTANT CONVENTION DUE TO UNFORESEEN REASONS, WHICH YOU CAN APPRECIATE ARISE IN A RABBI’S POSITION.

G-D WILLING, I ALREADY ACCEPT YOUR INVITATION TO NEXT YEAR’S CONVENTION.

KNOWING THE EXCEPTIONAL WORK OF RABBI LIPNER, THE PILLAR OF THE JEWISH FOUNDATION IN SAN FRANCISCO, ALSO REMEMBERING THE MANY DIFFICULTIES HE FACED AND OVERCOMING THEM ALL, I HAD THE EXCEPTIONAL PRIVILEGE TO HELP HIM IN MANY WAYS.


WITH WARMEST REGARDS,

RABBI C.H. KREISWIRTH