Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Letter of Blessings from Rebbe Rayatz – 1942 – Mentions the Help of His Son-in-Law, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, in Sending Packages to War Refugees in Poland
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Letter of blessings from Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn – the Rayatz of Lubavitch, with his signature. Brooklyn NY, Tammuz 1942.
Typewritten on the official letterhead stationery of Rebbe Rayatz, with his signature.
Words of encouragement, and inquiry on the situation of Holocaust refugees. The Rayatz blesses him: "May G-d help him with what he needs, and may he receive good tidings from the members of his family, and may G-d help them in material and spiritual matters… may G-d help them in all their material and spiritual needs".
Further in the letter, the Rayatz mentions his son-in-law, the Lubavitcher Rebbe: "My son-in-law R. Menachem Mendel Schneersohn sent them [the refugees] a package of books".
The Rayatz ends the letter with a request to ask an activist "to send packages to my daughter [Shaina Horenstein] and son-in-law [R. Menachem Mendel Horenstein], whatever is possible to send". The daughter and son-in-law of the Rayatz both perished in Treblinka on 2nd Tishrei 1940, however the Rayatz was not informed of their passing until his dying day.
[1] leaf. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks. Linen-backed.
Typewritten on the official letterhead stationery of Rebbe Rayatz, with his signature.
Words of encouragement, and inquiry on the situation of Holocaust refugees. The Rayatz blesses him: "May G-d help him with what he needs, and may he receive good tidings from the members of his family, and may G-d help them in material and spiritual matters… may G-d help them in all their material and spiritual needs".
Further in the letter, the Rayatz mentions his son-in-law, the Lubavitcher Rebbe: "My son-in-law R. Menachem Mendel Schneersohn sent them [the refugees] a package of books".
The Rayatz ends the letter with a request to ask an activist "to send packages to my daughter [Shaina Horenstein] and son-in-law [R. Menachem Mendel Horenstein], whatever is possible to send". The daughter and son-in-law of the Rayatz both perished in Treblinka on 2nd Tishrei 1940, however the Rayatz was not informed of their passing until his dying day.
[1] leaf. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks. Linen-backed.
Chabad – Books, Manuscripts and Letters
Chabad – Books, Manuscripts and Letters