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Shanah Tovah Letter from the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch – Otwock, 1936

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Shanah Tovah letter from Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. Otwock, 23rd Elul, 1936.
Typewritten on the Rebbe Rayatz's official stationery, with his signature: "Yosef Yitzchak".
Sent to his relative R. Azriel Zelig Slonim: "Approaching the new year… I bless him and his household… with a Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah for a good and sweet year, physically and spiritually".


R. Azriel Zelig Slonim (1897-1972), a leading Chabad activist, member of Agudas Chasidei Chabad and director of Kollel Chabad. A founder of Lubavitch Women's Organization and the Beit Chanah institution, and a founder of Shikun Chabad in Jerusalem.


[1] leaf, official stationery. 24.5 cm. Good condition. Filing holes. Folding marks. Creases and light wear to margins. Marginal dampstain. Inscription on verso.

Chabad – Manuscripts, Letters and Chaluka of 11th Nissan
Chabad – Manuscripts, Letters and Chaluka of 11th Nissan