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Lot 175

Letter with Blessings by the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch – To the Public Activist and Philanthropist Elchanan Glazer (Unprinted) – With Words in the Rebbe's Handwriting and His Full Signature "Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson"

Letter by Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch, signed. Brooklyn, NY, 3rd Tevet 1949. Yiddish.
Typewritten on the official stationery of the Rebbe Rayatz, with his full signature: "Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson", and with a number of words added in his handwriting.
Sent to the public activist and philanthropist Elchanan Glazer, regarding the special convention convened by the Joint and chaired by Mr. Glazer, concerning the situation of the refugees in Europe. The Rayatz sent his representative, R. Binyamin Gorodetsky to the convention to report on the situation of the Jewish refugees in Europe after the Holocaust.
Mr. Glazer assisted the Rebbe Rayatz in a number of his activities. He helped the Tomchei Temimim Yeshiva in Shanghai during WWII and contributed generously to various Chabad causes and institutions, earning the gratitude and love of the Rebbe Rayatz.
This letter was not printed in Igrot Kodesh of the Rayatz.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Minor marginal stains.


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