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Lot 118

Invitation to the Wedding of the Admor of Lubavitch's Daughter

A printed invitation to the wedding of the youngest daughter of Rabbi Schneersohn, to Rabbi Mencahem Ha-Cohen Hotenstein in Poland. 1932.
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneursohn (1880-1950, Otzar Ha-Rabbanim 8887) was the sixth Admor of Chabad-Lubavitch. He founded the Yeshivah Tomchei Temimim together with his father, the Rashab. Became Admor in 1920. Arrested by the communists, and released in 1927. From Russia he went to Poland, and in 1940 to Brooklyn. Renowned for his dedication and for his teaching to his followers in Communist Russia to keep the Mitzvot and study Torah despite all hardships.
His daughter Sheina (Sheindel) and his son-in-law Rabbi Menachem Ha-Cohen Horenstein were killed in the holocaust in 1942
24 cm. Good-fair condition, dry paper with slight damages.