Letter of Guidance by the Lubavitch Rebbe - Regarding Shidduchim - With Blessings for Nachat from the Children and ...

Letter of Guidance by the Lubavitch Rebbe - Regarding Shidduchim - With Blessings for Nachat from the Children and for Appropriate Matches - 1951
Letter by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch - Chabad, with his signature and with several words added in his own handwriting. Brooklyn, Sivan 1951. Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery and bearing his signature. Several words and corrections in the Rebbe's handwriting. The letter opens with the Rebbe's blessings for nachat (satisfaction) from the children and for appropriate matches: "I have received your letter from 3rd Sivan, in which you inform us that your son Yechezkel Asher has begun to study Chumash… It should be G-d's will that… he should also advance to the study of Mishnah, Talmud and esoteric wisdom, the study of Chassidism… together with the rest of your children… and G-d will surely provide your daughters with appropriate matches, the younger and the elder alike". Further in the letter, the Rebbe refers to the deliberation whether to marry off the younger daughter before her older sister who is having difficulty finding her match: "If a match for your younger daughter is opportune, although your elder daughter is not yet engaged, in general, this is not recommended… However, from your letter it is apparent that you find this difficult… Therefore, if a suggestion arises for the younger daughter… I repeat before closing the letter that with proper effort, I hope that you will not need to change the order, and that you will find appropriate suggestions for the elder and later for her sister". After the word "With my blessing", the Rebbe added in his own handwriting: "My regards to your group in the T.T." (=Talmud Torah/Tomchei Temimim?). The letter bears several corrections and additions in the Rebbe's handwriting. The letter was written during the first months of the Rebbe's tenure, and to the best of our knowledge it has not been published. [1] leaf. Approx. 27.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks.