"Public-private" letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, 10 Kislev, 1967.

Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his handwritten signature.
A "public-private" letter (an identical letter sent to several individuals), sent to R. Dov Ber Tkach. Sent on the occasion of 10 Kislev, the Chag HaGeulah of the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch, and a few days before 19 Kislev, the Chag HaGeulah of his father the Alter Rebbe.
The Rebbe blesses him to strengthen and increase study of Torah, acts of kindness and mitzvot, and prayer, as illuminated by Chassidic teachings, leading to the redemption.

At the end of the letter the Rebbe acknowledges receipt of the book on the 613 mitzvot and offers his congratulations.
On the margins of the letter are references and sources for topics and ideas cited in the letter.

R. Dov Ber Tkach (1889-1975), an important Chabad rabbi in Eretz Israel, founded and directed the Bnei Temimim Torah school and Achei Temimim yeshiva in Tel Aviv. Born in Ludmir (Volodymyr), he was one of the first students of the Ludmir yeshiva under the Karlin Chassid R. Chaim Mendel Kostromtzki, and later studied under R. Yoel Shurin in Zviahel and in the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva in Lubavitch. He was later appointed rabbi and mashpia in a Chabad community in Ludmir, where he would deliver lectures. In 1935 he immigrated to Eretz Israel and served as Rabbi of the Kontrovitz and Ahavat Tzion synagogues in Tel Aviv. He authored Tarach Amudei Or on the 613 mitzvot (eight parts) as well as other works.

[1] leaf. 28 cm. Good condition. Folds. Stains and light wear. Minor tears to margins and folds.
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