Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Special Letter from Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch, in Honor of Chai (18th) Elul 1943 - Birthday of the Great Chassidic Luminaries, the Baal Shem Tov and the Baal HaTanya
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Letter from Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn - the Rayatz of Lubavitch, with his signature. Brooklyn NY, 12th Tammuz 1943.
Typewritten on the official stationery of the rebbe, with his signature.
Public-private letter which the Rayatz sent (on 12th Tammuz - Chag HaGeulah, holiday commemorating his liberation from Soviet imprisonment in 1927), in honor of Chai (18th) Elul, birthday of the Baal Shem Tov and the Baal HaTanya.
In his letter, the Rayatz explains the day's import for Chassidim in general, for whom this day brings heavenly blessing in material and spiritual matters, and in particular for Chabad Chassidim, for whom this day carries a double measure of holiness and blessing.
Further in the letter, the Rayatz relates to the terrible situation of European Jewry under the Nazis, and the weak spiritual state of American Jewry, and prays that G-d will take pity in the merit of the two luminaries born on this day.
The Rayatz concludes with the motto he coined and publicized in 1941 - "Immediate repentance - immediate redemption".
[1] leaf, official stationery. Approx. 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and minor creases. Minor marginal tear.
Typewritten on the official stationery of the rebbe, with his signature.
Public-private letter which the Rayatz sent (on 12th Tammuz - Chag HaGeulah, holiday commemorating his liberation from Soviet imprisonment in 1927), in honor of Chai (18th) Elul, birthday of the Baal Shem Tov and the Baal HaTanya.
In his letter, the Rayatz explains the day's import for Chassidim in general, for whom this day brings heavenly blessing in material and spiritual matters, and in particular for Chabad Chassidim, for whom this day carries a double measure of holiness and blessing.
Further in the letter, the Rayatz relates to the terrible situation of European Jewry under the Nazis, and the weak spiritual state of American Jewry, and prays that G-d will take pity in the merit of the two luminaries born on this day.
The Rayatz concludes with the motto he coined and publicized in 1941 - "Immediate repentance - immediate redemption".
[1] leaf, official stationery. Approx. 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and minor creases. Minor marginal tear.
Chabad – Manuscripts, Letters and Documents
Chabad – Manuscripts, Letters and Documents