Auction 59
Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
By Kedem
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Feb 20, 2018
8 Ramban St. Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 121:
Collection of Letters - Rebbe Rayatz
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Collection of Letters - Rebbe Rayatz
Three letters by the Rayatz [R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson] of Lubavitch, letter from his son-in-law R. Shemaryahu Gur-Aryeh and a letter from Kollel Chabad in Jerusalem, sent to R. Menachem Mendel Kuperstock:
* Three typewritten letters on official stationery, signed by the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. Brooklyn, 1943-1945.
* Letter by R. Shemarya Gur-Aryeh, son-in-law of the Rebbe Rayatz. [USA], Iyar 1940. Letter written on official stationery with an address in Riga, written two months after he arrived in the US with the Rayatz: "You have surely heard of our timely arrival in the US…".
* Letter by the management of Kollel Chabad in Jerusalem, with stamps and signatures of R. Shlomo Yehuda Leib Eli'ezrov Rabbi of Hebron, R. Yitzchak Avigdor Orenstein [first Rabbi of the Kotel], and one more signature. Jerusalem, 1945.
R. Menachem Mendel Kuperstock, prominent Chabad Chassid in the Vilna region, Chassid of the Rashab and Rayatz, was a witness at the wedding of R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch and his signature appears on the ketubah. In 1935, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Haifa, in which he established and led the Chabad community.
Five letters. Size varies. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Folding marks. File holes.
* Enclosed: Photocopy of a letter by the Rayatz to the Chabad yeshivas in Eretz Israel.
