The Rebbe's Typed Response Concerning a City Eruv and Rabbi Sholom Dovber Levin's Publication Request
Rabbi Sholom Dovber Levin preserved a typed response about a discreet city eruv and his later request to print it in Yagdil Torah. The typed answer and the Rebbe's handwritten k'pashut lo address two separate questions.
The conditions written in the typed response
The response says that eruvin “frequently become damaged”; the resulting notice reaches only a minority; and few stop carrying after becoming accustomed to it.
It then says that where there is no reshus harabim de'oraisa and the place is otherwise suitable for an eruv, making one is worthwhile “on condition that it not be publicized at all.” The city, recipient, date, and original question are not identified on the surviving page.
Rabbi Levin asked to publish the response
Rabbi Levin later proposed printing the response in Yagdil Torah. His request would have taken wording given for a particular situation and made it available as a general published source.
On that request, the Rebbe wrote k'pashut lo—plainly, no. The notation rejects the proposal to publish the response; it does not erase the attached answer or the strict conditions written in it.
The four pages belong together
The packet contains Rabbi Levin's explanatory letter, his old cover note proposing publication, the Rebbe's handwritten notation, and the typed response that had been attached. The sequence keeps the underlying answer distinct from the later request to print it.
The conditions in the response can be read exactly as preserved. Since the original recipient and city remain unknown, the page should not be assigned to Crown Heights, Melbourne, or another location without further evidence.