(Wife of the Fifth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, R. Shalom Dov Ber Schneerson (RaSHa’B) and Mother of the Sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson. 1860-1942). Autograph Letter Signed in Yiddish to Necha Rivkin
AUCTION 50 |
Thursday, February 24th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art
Lot 246
SCHNEERSON, SHTERNA-SORAH.
(Wife of the Fifth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, R. Shalom Dov Ber Schneerson (RaSHa’B) and Mother of the Sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson. 1860-1942). Autograph Letter Signed in Yiddish to Necha Rivkin
Riga: 3rd Kislev (1927)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $2,750
A moving letter concerning her family’s expulsion from Russia and finding sanctuary in Latvia.
“How difficult it was for us to leave the ‘alter-heim’ - our home and the home of our holy forefathers... (However) good wishes and help from thousands of our friends eased our pain... Since everything is determined by God it must be for our benefit (and He) will help us live here in peace. (The Rebbe) especially should be well and able to continue his holy work for the Klal...We all feel weak, especially my son the Rebbe shlit’a."
Written from Riga, Latvia, barely a month after the Schneerson family found asylum, following the release of the Friediker Rebbe from Soviet incarceration