Letter from Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. Brooklyn, New York, 5th Cheshvan, 1943.
Typewritten on the Rebbe Rayatz's official stationery, with his signature: "Yosef Yitzchak".
Sent to his relative R. Azriel Zelig Slonim: "I received his note on mentioning his name and the names of his household at its time, and I blessed him with a good and sweet year and for G-d to fulfill all the wishes of his heart for good and blessing, physically and spiritually – his relative and friend who seeks his welfare and blesses him".
R. Azriel Zelig Slonim (1897-1972), a leading Chabad activist, member of Agudas Chasidei Chabad and director of Kollel Chabad. A founder of Lubavitch Women's Organization and the Beit Chanah institution, and a founder of Shikun Chabad in Jerusalem.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Thin paper. Good condition. Filing holes. Folding marks. Creases and wear.