Auction 050 Part 2 Special Chabad Auction in Honor of Chag HaGeulah Yud-Tes Kislev – Rosh Hashana of Chassidut – Marking the Date in which Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi was Released from Czarist Imprisonment
"Public-Private Letter" of the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Shevat 1962 – 12th Yahrzeit of the Rebbe Rayatz – "In Order to be Victorious in War… We Open the Treasury to Give to the Soldiers"
Letter of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, 11 Shevat, 1962.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature and one word in his handwriting. "Public-private letter" (an identical letter sent to several individuals).
Sent to the educator R. Abba Levin in Kfar Chabad, "the day after the 12th yahrzeit of my father-in-law the Rebbe [Rayatz]". In his letter, the Rebbe gives the blessing that by studying the teachings the Rebbe Rayatz instructed to learn on his yahrzeit, "may the heavenly treasury of the King of King of Kings, the Holy One Blessed is He, be opened… In order to be victorious in war… we open up the treasury to give… to the soldiers… by Torah study (revealed Torah and Chassidut), prayer service, and fulfillment of mitzvot…".
In the margins of the letter are references and sources for topics and ideas cited in the letter.
Aerogram. 30.5 cm. Good condition. Folds. Creases and wear.