Shanah Tovah letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, Elul 1963. 150th anniversary of the Alter Rebbe's passing.

Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his handwritten signature.
Sent to R. Dov Ber Tkach, offering wishes for a Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah for a good and sweet year, physically and spiritually. At the top of the letter the Rebbe added a full line by hand, acknowledging receipt of his letter, the booklets and his book on the mitzvot, and offering his congratulations. At the end of the letter the Rebbe added by hand the word "respectfully" to the valediction.

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. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folds. Browning of paper. Stains and light wear.
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