Letter of Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam (the second) of Bobov. Brooklyn, New York, "Thursday, Shlach" [Sivan], 1978.

Scribal writing, with signature of the Rebbe: "Shlomo Halberstam".
Sent to R. Avraham Lauterman, who had sent money for a wedding [in the Rebbe's family]. The Rebbe thanks him and blesses him: "Due to this, may God bless you with long days and years of life, peace and bountiful blessing and success in all your affairs, and may you be blessed from the house of blessings sated with satisfaction, and my heart too will rejoice…".
Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam (the second) of Bobov (1907-2000), the Divrei Shlomo, prominent rebbe in recent times. Son of Rebbe Bentzion Halberstam, the Kedushat Tzion (son of the first Rebbe of Bobov, Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam, grandson of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz). In 1931, his father moved from Bobov to Trzebinia, and appointed him as rabbi in his place in Bobov.

Rebbe Shlomo assisted his father in directing the dozens of branches of the large network of yeshivas "Etz Chaim – Bobov" in Galicia. After the Holocaust, he reached the United States where he re-established the Bobov Chassidut, founding communities, yeshivas and Torah institutions in the United States and worldwide.

[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and folding marks. Tears to folds.

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Letter from R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. Otwock, 24th Sivan 1939.

Typewritten on the Rebbe Rayatz's official stationery, with his signature – "Yosef Yitzchak".
Sent to R. Yechezkel Abramsky, who had sent his book Chazon Yechezkel to the library established by the Rebbe Rayatz after his departure from Soviet Russia. The Rebbe thanks him for sending Chazon Yechezkel on Tractate Chulin, and he offers his thanks in advance if R. Abramsky would send him his other books.

The recipient, R. Yechezkel Abramsky, author of Chazon Yechezkel (1886-1976), head of the Beit Din of London and a prominent Torah leader in Eretz Israel. President of the Council of Yeshivas, a director of the Chinuch Atzma'i system, member of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah and a dean of the Slabodka yeshiva in Bnei Brak. In Soviet Russia he served as Rabbi of Slutsk and (with the assistance of the Rebbe Rashab) of Smolyan, and was imprisoned for his activities in support of Judaism.

After leaving Russia he arrived in England, where he was appointed rabbi and head of the Beit Din of London, until his retirement and immigration to Eretz Israel in 1951. Throughout that period he was in close relations and cooperation with the Rebbe Rayatz, and later with the Lubavitcher Rebbe in public affairs. After his immigration to Eretz Israel, he came together with his friend HaGrashi Zevin to deliver a lecture at the Chabad yeshiva "Tomchei Temimim" in the city of Lod (see: Melech BeYofyo, Jerusalem, 2004, p. 670; according to the newspaper HaModia, Jerusalem, 16 Elul 1951).

[1] leaf, official stationery. 28.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Light stains.

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Letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, 5th Sivan 1963.

Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature – "M.Schneerson".
A "public-private" letter (an identical letter sent to several individuals) for Shavuot. The Rebbe writes: "For the upcoming Festival of Shavuot, the time of the receiving of our Torah… I hereby express my wish in the words of the Rabbi, my father-in-law the Rebbe [Rayatz]… to receive the Torah joyfully and internally".
At the end of the letter, the Rebbe adds in his handwriting: "Respectfully and [with the holiday blessing]".

[1] leaf, official stationery (thin paper). 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.

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"Public-private" letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, 11th Nisan, 1972.

Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature; and with additions and corrections in his handwriting.
A "public-private" letter (an identical letter sent to several individuals), addressed to R. Yechezkel Abramsky, author of Chazon Yechezkel. The Rebbe blesses him for Pesach with a kosher and happy holiday and "true freedom, freedom from worries both physical and spiritual – from everything that prevents happy and joyful service of G-d; and to draw from this freedom all the days of the year…".
At the top of the letter, next to the honorifics, the Rebbe adds in his handwriting the words "performer of many deeds"; at the end of the letter the Rebbe adds in his handwriting "respectfully and [with the holiday blessing]".
On the margins of the letter, the Rebbe thanks and blesses R. Abramsky for his blessing sent for his birthday on 11th Nisan.

The recipient, R. Yechezkel Abramsky, author of Chazon Yechezkel (1886-1976), head of the Beit Din of London and a prominent Torah leader in Eretz Israel. President of the Council of Yeshivas, a director of the Chinuch Atzma'i system, member of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah and a dean of the Slabodka yeshiva in Bnei Brak. In Soviet Russia he served as Rabbi of Slutsk and (with the assistance of the Rebbe Rashab) of Smolyan, and was imprisoned for his activities in support of Judaism.

After leaving Russia he arrived in England, where he was appointed rabbi and head of the Beit Din of London, until his retirement and immigration to Eretz Israel in 1951. Throughout that period he was in close relations and cooperation with the Rebbe Rayatz, and later with the Lubavitcher Rebbe in public affairs.After his immigration to Eretz Israel, he came together with his friend HaGrashi Zevin to deliver a lecture at the Chabad yeshiva "Tomchei Temimim" in the city of Lod (see: Melech BeYofyo, Jerusalem, 2004, p. 670; according to the newspaper HaModia, Jerusalem, 16 Elul 1951).

[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.

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Letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, 20th Kislev 1980.

Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature – "M.Schneerson"; with added words and corrections in his handwriting.
Sent to his relative ("my mechutan") R. Chaim Shalom HaLevi Segal in Jerusalem. The Rebbe mentions that it is a Hakhel year and adds that the pidyon sent would be read at the previous Rebbe's gravesite.
At the end of the blessing, the Rebbe adds a blessing for his birthday: "With blessing – regarding the birthday – for a year of success, physical and spiritual".

The recipient, 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. Official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.

PLEASE NOTE: Some lot descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to the Hebrew text.