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Letter of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, 26 Tevet, 1966.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, and signed by the secretary R. Shalom Menachem Mendel Simpson – "in the name of the Rebbe", with a word added and corrections in pen (in the Rebbe's hand?).
Advice and guidance on a suggested Shidduch with a Jew who had just begun to observe Torah and mitzvot: "…The principle in this case is that the said person should observe Torah and mitzvot in daily life, and if for whatever reason there was a past deficiency in this, and he recognizes it as a deficiency, he should begin immediately to observe Torah and mitzvot in daily life, irrespective of the resolution of the Shidduch, since this behavior must be because the Torah is that of the creator of the world and the maker of man… And only after his behavior in the aforesaid manner has been made clear… can a decision be made as to the Shidduch".
At the end of the letter, the secretary notes that her issue was brought to the Rebbe with urgency, without waiting in line.
Aerogram. Approx. 30 cm. Fair-good condition. Folds and creases. Tears and wear. Stains. Inscription on the reverse side.
Collection of 20 envelopes sent by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Without the letters. Brooklyn, New York, 1940s-1980s.
All the envelopes bear the Rebbe's official letterhead: "Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, Lubavitch, 770 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, N.Y. 13 / 11213"; with handwritten inscriptions, stamps and postmarks.
The addressees include R. Hillel Medalia in Leeds, England; R. Shalom Dov Ber Zislin in Tel Aviv; the family of R. Dr. Chaim Mantel in Jerusalem; R. Avraham Zeide (Zeidel) Heller in Safed; the family of R. Shlomo Zalman Shapiro in Denver, Colorado; R. Shneur Zalman Eilbaum in Safed; R. Shlomo Noach Karol, Rabbi of the Chemed settlement; R. Abba Ovadia in Sefrou, Morocco; R. Meir Charlov in Bnei Brak; and more.
[20] envelopes. Varying size and condition. Overall good to fair-good condition.
Six letters by R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. Otwock and Brooklyn, 1938-1948. Hebrew and Yiddish.
The letters are typewritten on official stationery, without the Rebbe Rayatz's signature (three are signed in typewriting).
• Letter of the Rebbe Rayatz (2 leaves), signed in typewriting "Yosef Yitzchak". 13 Elul, 1937. Sent to Chabad students everywhere: preparation and practices for Elul and Tishrei; a teaching of the Alter Rebbe which he heard from the Maggid of Mezeritch in the name of the Baal Shem Tov; not to smoke on the two days of Rosh Hashanah, to sleep less and recite more Tehillim and prayer; blessings for the new year (printed in Igrot Kodesh of the Rayatz, IV, 943).
• Letter of a secretary of the Rebbe Rayatz, sending a copy of a discourse and expressing the Rebbe’s wish that the recipient study it. Otwock, 28 Iyar, 1938.
Addressee not indicated. Not printed in Igrot Kodesh of the Rayatz.
• Letter of the Rebbe Rayatz (2 leaves), signed in typewriting "Yosef Yitzchak". Brooklyn, New York, 1942. Yiddish. Sent to the Assembly for Shabbat, with encouragement and admonishment regarding observing Shabbat. [The Assembly took place under the auspices of the Mizrachi Party in the United States on 21-22 Shevat, 1942. Due to the affiliation of the Assembly, the Rayatz refused the invitation, but sent the present letter to be read to the audience. See at length: Levin, History of Chabad in the United States, pp. 347-348 (Hebrew). The letter is printed in Igrot Kodesh of the Rayatz, VI, 1705.
• Letter of the Rebbe Rayatz. Brooklyn, New York, Rosh Chodesh Sivan, 1942. Three handwritten words added to the letter (possibly in the handwriting of the Rebbe Rayatz). The letter was sent to R. Shlomo Yehudah Leib Eliezerov regarding Chabad institutions in Eretz Israel – Kollel Chabad, Torat Emet yeshiva, Agudas Chassidei Chabad and the International Tehillim Society. The end of the letter is missing [the letter is printed in Igrot Kodesh of the Rayatz, VI, 1799, where the end of the letter is supplied from a copy, which may also be incomplete].
• Letter of the Rebbe Rayatz. Brooklyn, New York, Erev Rosh HaShanah 1943. Sent to students of the Tzemach Tzedek Kollel in Jerusalem, headed by the mashpia R. Nisan Horowitz, wishing them a Shanah Tovah and inquiring about their studies, along with a gift of 100 pounds [the letter is printed in Igrot Kodesh of the Rayatz, VII, 2150, from a secretary's copy].
• Letter of the Rebbe Rayatz, signed in typewriting "Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn". Brooklyn, New York, May 1948. Sent to Chabad Chassidim and students everywhere, upon the breakout of the War of Independence, about a week after the declaration of independence and establishment of the State of Israel. The Rayatz offers lengthy guidance as to how to regard this event: "…We did not go into exile of our own accord, and we will not be rescued from exile by our own strength… Everyone must help their dear brothers and sisters protect their souls and their bodies… We must constantly remember that physical protection is impossible without spiritual protection… We must constantly remember that the means for receiving God's help is our religion, our Torah and its mitzvot…" [the letter is printed in Igrot Kodesh of the Rayatz, IX, 3231].
[6] letters. Varying size and condition. Overall good to fair condition. Tears and damage to some letters.
Four letters sent to Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, ca. 1920s-1930s.
1. Letter handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Shlomo Kahana Shapiro. Jerusalem: 24 Tamuz, 1928.
Sent to the Rebbe Rayatz during his residence in Riga, asking the Rebbe to care for his son-in-law, the emissary R. Azriel Zelig Slonim, who was always traveling.
2. Lengthy letter (4 pages) handwritten and signed by the Mashpia R. Shaul Dov Ber Zislin, rabbi of the Chabad community in Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv, [1936].
Lengthy and detailed description of the Chag HaGeulah gatherings on 19 Kislev, 1936 in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, including locations, preparations, participants, meals, tunes, dances, homilies, talks and much more. (Part of the content of this letter has been printed in HaTamim, V, Warsaw, 1937.)
3. Lengthy letter (5 typewritten pages) by the Jerusalem community activist R. David Weingarten. [Jerusalem, 9 Elul], 1939.
In his letter, R. Weingarten asks the Rebbe Rayatz to work to get a position in the Torat Emet yeshiva for his granddaughter's son-in-law R. Eliyahu David Havlin (son of R. Shlomo Zalman Havlin and son-in-law of R. Yechezkel Shraga Hirschman of Jerusalem). R. Weingarten details the events related to the matter; describes the conflict with the eldest brother, R. Chanoch Hendel Havlin, dean of the Torat Emet yeshiva; and reminds the Rebbe Rayatz of his promise to take care of the orphans of R. Shlomo Zalman Havlin. At the beginning of the letter R. Weingarten recalls his meeting with the Rebbe Rayatz during his visit to Eretz Israel in 1929. [On R. David Weingarten, see "The Man of Kindness in Jerusalem – the Life of the Father of Orphans R. David Weingarten" (Jerusalem, 1979; Hebrew).]
4. Draft of a handwritten letter (4 pages), unsigned. [Jerusalem, ca. 1938.]
Lengthy, detailed description of the dispute with the Torat Emet yeshiva administration on the ownership of property and estates. Probably written by R. Eliyahu David Havlin (son of R. Shlomo Zalman Havlin dean of the Torat Emet yeshiva. Over the course of the letter there are mentions of the directors of Kollel Chabad in Jerusalem, R. Azriel Zelig Slonim, R. Shlomo Yehudah Leib Eliezerov and R. Yitzchak Naeh.
[4] letters. Varying size and condition. Overall good condition.
Large collection of dozens of booklets and pamphlets – discourses and homilies, talks, diaries and notes, letters, prayers and more, by Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. Riga, Warsaw and Brooklyn: ca. 1920s-1940s.
Most are first editions. Hebrew and Yiddish.
The booklets and pamphlets are bound in twelve volumes.
See Hebrew description for list of books.
12 volumes. Varying size and condition. Overall good condition. Some signatures and inscriptions. New bindings.
Collection of 6 calendars in pocket format, printed by Kollel Chabad and Torat Emet yeshiva. Jerusalem: 1935-1968. Hebrew, Yiddish and English.
• Kollel Chabad calendar for 5696 (1936). Jerusalem: Tzion, [1935].
• Torat Emet calendars for 5701 (1941) and for 5703 (1943). [Jerusalem]: Salmon, [1940-1942].
• Kollel Chabad calendar for 5722 (1962).
• Two calendars of Torat Emet yeshiva for 5722 (1962) and 5728 (1968).
6 calendars. Pocket format. Approx. 11-12 cm. Overall good condition. New bindings.
Four posters and notices with encouragement and guidance from Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch:
• Poster with a speech the Rebbe Rayatz delivered in a congress of Latvian rabbis, held in Riga on 20-22 Adar II, 1932, to strengthen the Torah and Shabbat (printed in Likutei Diburim, p. 354). Riga: Vards, 1932. Yiddish.
Poster: 28.5x40 cm. Stamps of the collector, scholar and historian of Vilna Jewry, Leyzer Ran (1912-1995), author of Yerushalayim DeLita.
• Notice signed in the name of the Rebbe Rayatz – "Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn" – with a sharp letter from 10 Shevat, 1922 against the Mizrachi movement. [Jerusalem]: Zuckerman, [late 1920s or early 1930s].
Notice: 31.5 cm.
• Large poster signed in the name of the Rebbe Rayatz – "Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn", citing rabbis of the previous generation opposing the Mizrachi movement, followed by a sharp letter from the Rebbe Rayatz against the Mizrachi movement (10 Shevat, 1922). [Jerusalem]: Zuckerman, [1930s].
Poster: 63x47.5 cm.
• Poster signed in the name of the Rebbe Rayatz – "Yosef Yitzchak", with encouragement for the coming year at the end of World War II (printed in Igrot Kodesh of the Rayatz, 2750). New York, 12 Elul, 1945. Yiddish.
Poster: Approx. 28x43 cm.
4 items. Overall good condition. Light damage.
Five posters printed for the visit of Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch, in Eretz Israel in Av, 1929.
The posters announce the time of arrival of the Rebbe Rayatz, give information on greetings and farewells to be held in his honor, as well as additional information on his visit.
The posters are signed "Kollel Chabad administration", "Torat Emet general yeshiva administration", "Chief Rabbinate of Eretz Israel" and "Agudat Yisrael Center in Eretz Israel".
One of the posters – "Denial and Vigorous Protest", was printed on the authority of the Agudat Yisrael Center (with its official stamp), in response to a "false letter" distributed just before the Rayatz's visit in Jerusalem. In this "false letter", it was stated that the Rebbe Rayatz would meet with R. Kook ("that man") during his visit, but only in order to support Russian Jewry, to which end he was meeting with "many wicked people". The present poster denies and totally disclaims the message.
5 posters. Varying size and condition. Overall good condition.
Collection of nine photographs documenting Chabad Chassidim in Israel, at various occasions. Ca. 1950s-1970s.
1. A large photograph of Kollel Chabad members, trustees of the Nachum Dov Denberg fund. Sitting around the table (right to left): R. Shneur Zalman Kalmanson, R. Azriel Zelig Slonim, R. Chaim Yosef Rosenblum, R. Nachum Shemaryahu Sasonkin (?), R. Shlomo Yosef Zevin, R. Avraham Chaim Naeh, unidentified. [Jerusalem, early 1950s.]
2-5. Four photographs of President Zalman Shazar during his visit to the Tzemach Tzedek Kollel in Jerusalem in the early 1970s (apparently for a birthday gathering held in his honor at the Kollel). With him and next to him appear R. Shlomo Maydanchik, R. Shmuel Chefer, R. Shalom Jacobson, R. Yisrael Duchman, R. Leibel Chatzarnov, R. Elazar Gelbstein, and more.
6. Photograph of President Zalman Shazar next to R. Avraham Chanoch Glitzenstein in the Chabad booth at the book fair.
7. Photograph of the table of honor at a Chabad event. Sitting from right to left: Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Isser Yehudah Unterman, MK Chaim Moshe Shapiro, Shlomo Zalman Shragai, MK Zerach Warhaftig, MK Yosef Burg, Chief Sephardic Rabbi Yitzchak Nissim.
8-9. Two photographs of Chabad Chassidim demonstrating next to the office of the Prime Minister, holding signs against the amendment to the Law of Return (“who is a Jew”). Among the protesters can be identified: R. Yeshayah Goffin, R. Munya Shneur, R. Moshe Greenberg, R. Gershon Dov Ber (Berke) Schiff, R. Chaim Yosef Weisfish, R. Kalman Druck, R. Baruch Lesches, R. Shlomo Wigler, and more.
Original photographs of Kalman (Karl) Weiss of “Photo Weiss” in Jerusalem. On the back of one of the photographs is the stamp of the photographer. On the back of the other photographs are stamps and inscriptions of the photographer’s archive (a stamp of a decorated frame around a handwritten inscription: “History of the people, the Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel”).
9 photographs. Approx. 18x11.5 cm. One of the photographs: 24.5x18 cm. Good condition. Stains and light wear. Inscriptions on the back.