Lot 130
Draft of a General Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Tammuz 1952 – First Letter of the Rebbe to the Lubavitch Women's Organization in Eretz Israel, Outlining the
Objectives and Goals of the Organization – Many Additions and Emendations Handwritten by the Rebbe
Draft of a general letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn – the Lubavitcher Rebbe. [Brooklyn NY, 28th Tammuz 1952].
Typewritten, with many in-text and marginal additions and emendations handwritten by the rebbe.
Irgun N'shei uBnos Chabad (Lubavitch Women's Organization) in Eretz Israel was founded by the rebbe in 1952, as an independent division within Agudas Chassidei Chabad. The idea of founding the organization was already mentioned in several earlier letters of the rebbe to Agudas Chassidei Chabad and to R. Zusha Vilimovsky ("the Partisan"), however, this is a draft of the first letter sent to Irgun N'shei uBnos Chabad in Eretz Israel, in which the rebbe describes for the first time the objectives and goals of the organization and the great importance of its founding.
In his letter, the rebbe describes the "great role of Jewish women in general and Chabad women in particular in these times", and outlines the objectives of Irgun N'shei uBnos Chabad in two clauses. The first clause refers to the duties of Chabad women vis-à-vis themselves, and the second clause to their duty to reach out and disseminate Torah and Chassidut amongst Jewish woman. The rebbe concludes the letter with blessings: "And may the pleasantness of G-d be upon them and upon the work of their hands, to bear fruit which will be a source of pride to the Jewish people and to Chabad.
May each and every one, and their family members, be blessed with all they require in material and spiritual matters (the emphasized words were handwritten by the rebbe).
On verso, a handwritten transcript (presumably by the secretary R. Nissan Mindel) of another letter sent by the rebbe on the same day, 28th Tammuz 1952, to Irgun N'shei uBnos Chabad in Eretz Israel, containing two additional clauses to the present draft letter, clarifying the work arrangement of the organization within the framework of Agudas Chassidei Chabad (the final versions of this draft letter and of the letter transcribed on verso were printed in Igrot Kodesh of the rebbe, Vol. VI, letter 1740-1741).
[1] leaf. Approx. 28 cm. Good condition. Creases and folding marks. Tears to margins and folds.
