Editing The Baba Sali (section)

==== The Rebbe Encourages Him to Save the Education of Morocco's Children ====
Several months after the Baba Sali arrived in Eretz Hakodesh, the Rebbe sent him - on 26 Teves 5712 - a letter containing words of blessing and encouragement to work with the Sephardic community. At the beginning of the letter, the Rebbe addresses the Baba Sali with rare titles, one of which is "chad mib'nei aliyah" which means a complete tzaddik according to Tanya: "Pillar of Torah, luminous light, one of the elevated ones, from his head above a great golden crown."

In the letter the Rebbe writes: "Upon his ascent to our Holy Land, may it be built and established through our righteous Moshiach speedily in our days amen so may it be His will, may his coming be blessed to Hashem. Man's steps are established by Hashem, and since Hashem has merited him to ascend to our Holy Land, Divine Providence has surely placed upon him a special role on the holy land, to revive a living spirit among our Sephardic Jewish brethren, and to influence them in strengthening Torah and mitzvos in general, and particularly that they should guard their children and young ones from being prey, and not fall into the net of hefker education G-d forbid, but rather watch over them with an open eye, that all of them, their sons and daughters without exception, should be educated on the foundations of Torah and mitzvos, with fear of Heaven and the tradition of his holy ancestors, in educational institutions conducted with pure holiness.

And in the merit of his work fulfilling this role with mesirus nefesh, may Hashem lengthen his days and years with goodness and pleasantness, and he shall still flourish in old age, vigorous and fresh, and succeed in his mighty work to increase and glorify Torah, and in his personal matters from soul to flesh, sufficiently and more."