Important collection of letters from the Courts of the past two Lubavitcher Rebbes (and their assistants and relatives), written to Rabbis Dov-Berish Zuckerman, Moshe Dov-Ber Rivkin (his mechutan) and Sholom Rivkin.

Select highlights include: An historical letter from R. Joseph Isaac Schneerson, Riga, 1940 concerning Rabbi Rivkin’s assistance in “taking us out of distress and organizing our trip to your shores.” Also urges help in arranging for the emigration of fifty students to the United States. * Letter from R. Joseph Isaac Schneerson, guiding R. Sholom Rivkin in his studies and how to be an effective public speaker. * Letter from R. Shemaryahu Gurary dated 1949 concerning his negotiations with the Israeli government in placing 100 Chabad refugee families in a farming settlement in the Arab village Sifriya (later to become Kfar Chabad). * Letters from the crucial interim period (1950) before the appointment of a new Rebbe, some on the stationery of Nechama Dina Schneerson and other general letters in Hebrew, Yiddish and English issued together or separately by R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson and R. Shemaryahu Gurary. * Significant mimeographed letter dated 27th Shevat 1950 to R. Sholom Rivkin asking him to attend an important meeting at 770 Eastern Parkway concerning “our responsibilities at this time following the unexpected loss of the Rebbe.” Signed by six of the most senior elder Chassidim. << A multi-dimensional Archive of great historic interest.>>