Imrei Binah, Chassidic explanation of the unity of G-d, by Rebbe Dov Ber of Lubavitch, the Mitteler Rebbe. Part I on the Reading of Shema, and Part II on tzitzit and tefillin. Kopust: R. Yisrael Yoffe, [1821].

First edition, printed in the lifetime of the author, the Mitteler Rebbe.

Imrei Binah is considered the most profound of the books authored and published by the Mitteler Rebbe. The main part of the book is dedicated to clarifying the kabbalistic concepts of divine unity – Yichuda Ilaa and Yichuda Tataa, based on the teachings of his father, the Alter Rebbe, author of the Tanya. The book is divided into four sections: Petach HaShaar, Shaar HaKeriat Shema, Shaar HaTzitzit and Shaar HaTefillin.

The Mitteler Rebbe published ten works during his lifetime, each of which he said was intended for a different kind of person. Imrei Binah was directed at the most profound scholars, and he once even stated that he had written it for his disciple R. Yekutiel Liepler. The Rebbe Maharash of Lubavitch related that he was once experiencing difficulty in grasping chapters 32 and 37 of the book, and he approached his father the Tzemach Tzedek for help in understanding them. However, his father instructed him to go ask R. Yekutiel (Rebbe Rayatz, Limud HaChassidut, p. 30).

Reputedly, the Divrei Chaim, Rebbe of Sanz would study Imrei Binah each night before going to sleep (Sheloshet HaRo'im, Brooklyn 2004, p. 320). The Divrei Chaim also quotes it in his Divrei Chaim on the Torah, Parashat Vayakhel (p. 28b).

Signature on title page: "Mordechai HaLevi Goldring" (the shochet R. Mordechai Goldring on Bonyhád and Brooklyn).

[2], 21; 1-56, [1], 55-140 leaves. 20.5 cm. Greenish paper. Good condition. Tears and worming to title page, not affecting text. Worming to first and last leaves. Some wear to first leaves. Close trimming of upper part of leaves, bordering text, affecting headers of some leaves. Censorship stamp. New binding.

Shanah Tovah letter from R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. Brooklyn, New York, 18th Elul 1948.

Typewritten on official stationery of the Rebbe Rayatz, with his signature: "Yosef Yitzchak", with his handwritten additions (he added the words "physically and spiritually" by hand to the end of the letter).

Addressed to
R. Yechezkel Abramsky in London. The Rebbe Rayatz blesses him with a Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah and a Shanah Tovah, physically and spiritually.

[1] leaf. Official stationery; thin paper. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases.

Shanah Tovah letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, Elul 1957.

Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature: "M.Schneerson", and his handwritten additions.

Addressed to R. Naftali Gluskin in Ramat HaSharon, with blessings for a Shanah Tovah and Ketuvah VaChatimah Tovah. At the beginning of the letter, the Rebbe added by hand the words: "Your letter has been received", and he added to the valediction: "[with blessing] for good tidings".

R. Naftali Gluskin (d. 1947), a student of the Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch yeshiva in Kremenchuk (1918-1919) and a disciple of the Rabbinical Seminary in the Chassidic town Nevel (1925-1927). Married Rebbetzin Tamar Ita, daughter of R. Shimon Moshe Diskin Rabbi of Lyakhavichy, a close friend of Rebbetzin Chanah, mother of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. In 1944-1945, when Chanah was widowed of her husband R. Levi Yitzchak in Almaty, Tamar Ita devotedly stood by her side, despite the risk involved. The Rebbetzin wrote to her in one of her letters: "I well remember how you related to me… at the time nobody dared to stand within my four cubits".

R. Naftali and his wife Tamar Ita left Russia in 1946. At first they stayed in the Wegscheid DP camp in Austria, and they later moved to France, where they founded educational institutions for Chabad girls. In 1949 they immigrated to Israel and settled in Ramat HaSharon, later moving to Bnei Brak where he worked as a shochet. R. Naftali disseminated Chassidut and his wife Tamar Ita continued to work as an educator, and she was a founder of the Beit Rivkah foundation in Kfar Chabad.

[1] leaf, official stationery. 22 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks. Stains and wear. Inscription on verso.

Kuntres Chag HaGeulah 12-13 Tamuz 5688, along with a one-dollar bill for charity, distributed by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York: Kehot Publication Society, 1990. "200th birthday of the Tzemach Tzedek, and 40 years of the Rebbe's leadership".

The Lubavitcher Rebbe distributed the present booklet on Sunday evening, 9th Tamuz, 1990 – following the Maariv prayer, after his return from his father-in-law's gravesite. The booklet contains a letter and a Chassidic discourse, sent by the Rebbe Rayatz on the occasion of the first Chag HaGeulah, 12th-13th Tamuz 1928, one year after he was released from the Soviet prison; it contains five additional letters, sent by the Rebbe Rayatz in 1928. Along with each booklet, the Lubavitcher Rebbe distributed a one-dollar bill for charity.

Inscription on the booklet: "From the hand of the Rebbe".

Booklet: 16 pages. Approx. 23 cm. Booklet and dollar bill in good condition.