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Letter of the Lubavitcher Rebbe – 1953 – Blessing for the Birth of a Daughter

Opening: $500
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Letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, end of Elul 1953.

Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature:
"M.Schneerson"; with handwritten corrections.
Addressed to R. Yitzchak Eliyah Levi, in response to his letter stating that he had had a daughter. The Rebbe blesses him, his wife and their other children to raise her "to Torah, marriage and good deeds", mentioning the famous Chabad practice in the name of the Rebbe Rashab to use the formula "to Torah" even upon the birth of a girl.

[1] leaf, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Light stains. Minute marginal tears.