Auction 75 - Rare and Important Items
Three Letters of Guidance from Rebbe Rayatz – Brooklyn, 1942-1949 – With Several Lines in His Handwriting
Opening: $2,000
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000
Sold for: $4,500
Including buyer's premium
Three letters from Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn – the Rayatz of Lubavitch. Brooklyn NY, 1942-1949.
The letters are typewritten on the official stationery of Rebbe Rayatz, with his handwritten signature: "Yosef Yitzchak", and are addressed to his secretary, R. Nissan Mindel.
1. Letter of good year wishes, dated 21st Elul 1942: "With the approach of the new year… I wish to bless him and his family… with a blessing for a good inscription and sealing, for a good and sweet year, in material and spiritual matters".
At the beginning of the letter, the rebbe discusses the translation to English of his letter to R.N. Kohen (Refael Nachman Kohen?).
2. Letter discussing R. Nissan Mindel's journey (presumably to Paris) on behalf of the Rayatz, to offer assistance to Holocaust survivors. 24th Iyar 1948.
"I request that he meet my relative, who supervises the production, to tell him about R. Binyamin Gorodetzki, my agent for arranging livelihood for the refugees and for obtaining quality products at low prices". At the end of the letter, after the words "His friend, who seeks his wellbeing", the rebbe added the following blessing in his handwriting: " With a safe journey and pleasant and good life, in material and spiritual matters".
3. Letter of blessings for health and livelihood. 23rd Menachem Av 1949.
In his letter, the rebbe blesses: "…act according to the doctor's instructions, and G-d will send him a cure and strengthen the health of his honored wife, and grant them success in their most great and lofty work, and give them good livelihood in abundance". At the end of the letter, the rebbe added in his handwriting: " His friend, who seeks his wellbeing, honors him and blesses him in material and spiritual matters", and signed "Yosef Yitzchak" with the letter Yud of his second name in Ashuri script – the rebbe's distinctive signature in the final year of his life.
[3] leaves, official stationery. Approx. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and folding marks. One letter on thin paper.
The letters are typewritten on the official stationery of Rebbe Rayatz, with his handwritten signature: "Yosef Yitzchak", and are addressed to his secretary, R. Nissan Mindel.
1. Letter of good year wishes, dated 21st Elul 1942: "With the approach of the new year… I wish to bless him and his family… with a blessing for a good inscription and sealing, for a good and sweet year, in material and spiritual matters".
At the beginning of the letter, the rebbe discusses the translation to English of his letter to R.N. Kohen (Refael Nachman Kohen?).
2. Letter discussing R. Nissan Mindel's journey (presumably to Paris) on behalf of the Rayatz, to offer assistance to Holocaust survivors. 24th Iyar 1948.
"I request that he meet my relative, who supervises the production, to tell him about R. Binyamin Gorodetzki, my agent for arranging livelihood for the refugees and for obtaining quality products at low prices". At the end of the letter, after the words "His friend, who seeks his wellbeing", the rebbe added the following blessing in his handwriting: " With a safe journey and pleasant and good life, in material and spiritual matters".
3. Letter of blessings for health and livelihood. 23rd Menachem Av 1949.
In his letter, the rebbe blesses: "…act according to the doctor's instructions, and G-d will send him a cure and strengthen the health of his honored wife, and grant them success in their most great and lofty work, and give them good livelihood in abundance". At the end of the letter, the rebbe added in his handwriting: " His friend, who seeks his wellbeing, honors him and blesses him in material and spiritual matters", and signed "Yosef Yitzchak" with the letter Yud of his second name in Ashuri script – the rebbe's distinctive signature in the final year of his life.
[3] leaves, official stationery. Approx. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and folding marks. One letter on thin paper.
Chabad – Letters and Manuscripts
Chabad – Letters and Manuscripts