SCHNEERSON, JOSEPH ISAAC.

AUCTION 62 | Thursday, June 26th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 214

SCHNEERSON, JOSEPH ISAAC.

(Sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, 1880-1950). Group of four letters relating to the wedding of his daughters. * Hectographed invitation, on letterhead, to the wedding in Warsaw of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s middle daughter, Chaya Mushka, to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Signed and dated with an extra line of greeting to R. Moshe Aryeh Leib. Riga, 16th Mar-Cheshvan, 1929. * Hectographed letter stating that in celebration of the wedding, he is attaching a copy of a letter from the Alter Rebbe concerning the Misnagdim and Chassidim in Vilna. Warsaw, 14th Kislev, 1929. * Hectographed letter stating that since all Chassidim will not be able to gather together for the wedding in Warsaw, nonetheless, celebrations should centrally be held in each city they reside in. (Upper left corner torn). * Hectographed invitation, on letterhead, to the wedding in Landvarov of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s youngest daughter, Shaina, to Menachem Mendel Hakohen Horenstein. (1932).

v.p: 1929-32

Est: $2,500 - $3,500
PRICE REALIZED $7,750
M.M. Laufer in his Yemei Melech (1991) discusses at great length (pp. 257-86) the preparations made for the wedding of Chaya Mushka Schneerson to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.