(Sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, 1880-1950). Typed Letter Signed in Hebrew on personal letterhead written to Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung of Manhattan’s Jewish Center.

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SCHNEERSON, JOSEPH ISAAC.

(Sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, 1880-1950). Typed Letter Signed in Hebrew on personal letterhead written to Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung of Manhattan’s Jewish Center.

Concerning Taharath HaMishpacha (family-purity) campaign in Vienna. Two pages on two leaves, pencil notations.

Otwock: 12th Nissan 1937

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $600

The Rebbe relates that upon visiting doctors in Vienna, he established a committee to strengthen the concepts of marital-purity and encouraged there the distribution of Rabbi Jung’s writings on the topic. He requests copies of these pamphlets be sent to Moritz Pappenheim, the address of whom is supplied here by hand.