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Letter of Blessings from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – 1978 – For a Donation to the Beit Rivkah Seminary in Kfar Chabad
Letter of blessings from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, 19th Tamuz 1978.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature.
Sent to the philanthropist R. David Zimand of Brussels, regarding his proposal to build a gym in the Beit Rivkah seminary in Kfar Chabad. In his letter, the Rebbe expresses his immense gratitude for the donation and stresses its importance for the girls' education, blesses him with many special blessings, and expresses his hope for the establishment of the gym.
[See further in R. Efraim Wolf's letter to the Rebbe dated 8th Tamuz 1978, detailing his meeting with the philanthropist who was interested in contributing to the Beit Rivkah gym and asking for the Rebbe's approval (Yemei Temimim, VII, p. 253)].
The present letter was printed in Igrot Kodesh (XXXIII, letter 12565).
[1] leaf, official stationery. Approx. 27 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Placed in fine wooden frame (along with a printed card with pictures of Chabad-Lubavitch rebbes). The letter has not been examined outside of the frame.
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