Shanah Tovah letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, Elul 1961.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature – "M.Schneersohn"; with words added in his handwriting.
Sent to R. Chaim Shalom HaLevi Segal in Jerusalem: "…Approaching the new year… I hereby offer my blessing to you and yours, a blessing of Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah for a good and sweet year, physically and spiritually".
At the beginning of the letter, the Rebbe added by hand: "His letter has been received"; and at the end: "[With a blessing] for good tidings, generally and specifically".
R. Chaim Shalom HaLevi Segal (1918-1983), sixth generation from the Baal HaTanya. Founder and mashpia at the Chabad synagogue Beit Yehudah in the Mazkeret Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem, and lecturer in the Etz Chaim yeshiva. He studied Rashi's commentary on the Torah for decades, and published his works Tosefet Rashi on the Tanach, Munachei Rashi and Yitron HaOr. On his visit to the Rebbe's court on Shmini Atzeret 1970, he was appointed the delegate from Israel as part of the "Chassidic United Nations".
[1] leaf. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Dark stain in upper corner.
