Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Collection of Letters of Blessings from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – 1953-1968 – From the Archive of Rabbi Menachem Nachum Yitzchak Eizik Chanun of Jerusalem
Opening: $4,000
Sold for: $10,000
Including buyer's premium
Ten letters of good year wishes, blessings and encouragement, by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn – the Lubavitcher Rebbe, addressed to R. Menachem Nachum Yitzchak Eizik Chanun of Jerusalem. Brooklyn, NY, 1953-1968.
The letters are typewritten on the official stationery of the rebbe, with his signature. Most letters include several additional words or emendations handwritten by the rebbe.
The collection comprises:
• Seven letters of good year wishes, 1953-1968, signed by the rebbe, including a letter from "The days of selichot 1963 – 150 years from the passing of Rabbenu HaZaken [the Baal HaTanya]". The rebbe added near his signature, in his handwriting: "His letter was received as well as the booklet etc., many thanks".
• Letter from Shevat 1953, in which the Rebbe writes to R. Chanun that he will pray "for him, his wife, children and household members, for good health and the fulfilment of all their needs" (the emphasized words were handwritten by the rebbe). At the end of the letter, the rebbe writes that he is sending a voucher for the sum of "ten shekels for his [R. Chanun's] personal needs".
• Two "public-private" letters (letters containing the same text sent to several people, with the occasional addition of several words handwritten by the rebbe to the recipient); one sent in Shevat, close to the yahrzeit of his father-in-law, Rebbe Rayatz, and the second on 20th Av (yahrzeit of the rebbe's father, R. Levi Yitzchak), with the addition of several words handwritten by the rebbe.
The recipient of the letters, R. Menachem Nachum Yitzchak Eizik Chanun (Chanin), was born to a Chabad family in Lubavitch (Lyubavichi) and named after his great-grandfather who was a "choizer" by the Mitteler Rebbe and the Tzemach Tzedek. In his youth, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Hebron. He later relocated to Jerusalem, where he set about publishing and distributing Chabad Chassidic teachings. He compiled and translated into Hebrew sections of discourses and teachings of rebbes of Chabad. Derech Chaim LehaSimcha VehaEmet and Likut Pitgamim, mentioned by the rebbe in the letter from 1953 in the present collection, are amongst the booklets he published.
[10] leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
The letters are typewritten on the official stationery of the rebbe, with his signature. Most letters include several additional words or emendations handwritten by the rebbe.
The collection comprises:
• Seven letters of good year wishes, 1953-1968, signed by the rebbe, including a letter from "The days of selichot 1963 – 150 years from the passing of Rabbenu HaZaken [the Baal HaTanya]". The rebbe added near his signature, in his handwriting: "His letter was received as well as the booklet etc., many thanks".
• Letter from Shevat 1953, in which the Rebbe writes to R. Chanun that he will pray "for him, his wife, children and household members, for good health and the fulfilment of all their needs" (the emphasized words were handwritten by the rebbe). At the end of the letter, the rebbe writes that he is sending a voucher for the sum of "ten shekels for his [R. Chanun's] personal needs".
• Two "public-private" letters (letters containing the same text sent to several people, with the occasional addition of several words handwritten by the rebbe to the recipient); one sent in Shevat, close to the yahrzeit of his father-in-law, Rebbe Rayatz, and the second on 20th Av (yahrzeit of the rebbe's father, R. Levi Yitzchak), with the addition of several words handwritten by the rebbe.
The recipient of the letters, R. Menachem Nachum Yitzchak Eizik Chanun (Chanin), was born to a Chabad family in Lubavitch (Lyubavichi) and named after his great-grandfather who was a "choizer" by the Mitteler Rebbe and the Tzemach Tzedek. In his youth, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Hebron. He later relocated to Jerusalem, where he set about publishing and distributing Chabad Chassidic teachings. He compiled and translated into Hebrew sections of discourses and teachings of rebbes of Chabad. Derech Chaim LehaSimcha VehaEmet and Likut Pitgamim, mentioned by the rebbe in the letter from 1953 in the present collection, are amongst the booklets he published.
[10] leaves. Size and condition vary. Overall good condition.
Chabad – Books, Manuscripts and Letters
Chabad – Books, Manuscripts and Letters