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Letter of the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Elul 1970 – Blessing for Engagement – With Blessing for Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah

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Letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, second day of Rosh Chodesh Elul, 1970.

Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature, and with some words added in his handwriting.
Sent to R. Chaim Shalom HaLevi Segal in Jerusalem, in response to his message on his son's engagement. The Rebbe offers blessings for the marriage; at the end of the letter, before his signature, the Rebbe adds a Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah blessing for the new year.
In the margins of the letter the Rebbe adds in his handwriting that the pidyon will be read at his father-in-law's gravesite.


R. Chaim Shalom HaLevi Segal (1918-1983), founder and mashpia at the Chabad synagogue Beit Yehudah in the Mazkeret Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem, and lecturer in the Etz Chaim yeshiva.


Aerogram. Approx. 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Folds. Stains and wear. Small holes.
PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.

Letters – Chabad Rebbes
Letters – Chabad Rebbes