SCHNEERSON, MENACHEM MENDEL.

AUCTION 43 | Thursday, April 02nd, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 293

SCHNEERSON, MENACHEM MENDEL.

Three Typed Letters Signed in English by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi M. M. Schneerson to Mr. Harry A. Goodman, Agudath Israel leader, London, concerning efforts to seek release of Rabbi Eliezer Zushye Portugal (Skulener Rebbe) and his son from incaceration in Romania Each letter, one page

Brooklyn, New York: 1959, 1960 and 1961

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $850

Concerns the clandestine efforts by the Lubavitcher Rebbe to seek the release from imprisonment of the Skulener Rebbe, Rabbi Eliezer Zushye Portugal (1898-1982), who, along with his son, had been arrested for Jewish activities by the Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania. Upon his eventual release Rabbi Portugal settled in the Crown Heights section of Brookyn and is fondly remembered for the stirring Chassidic nigunim (chassidic melodies) he composed. He is buried in the Vizhnitz cemetery in Monsey, New York . Harry A. Goodman, British Secretary of the Agudath Israel World Organization, was active in Hatzalah work and a deeply committed communal leader. See EJ, Vol. II, col. 423