(Daughter of R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, 1904-42).

AUCTION 68 | Thursday, April 07th, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art

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Lot 203

SCHNEERSON, SHEINA (HORENSTEIN).

(Daughter of R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, 1904-42).

Autograph Letter Signed, written in Russian to Necha Rivkin. Writes warmly regarding her correspondent’s baby daughter, reminisces of their happy days in Rostov, discusses meeting family members. Signed “Sonia.” One and a half pages, taped along edges.

Lodz: 25th December 1928

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

The youngest of the three daughters of the Friediker Rebbe. Married to Menachem Mendel (“Menik”) Horenstein in 1932. Sheina and her husband were unable to flee Poland along with other members of the Schneerson family and were subsequently killed by the Nazis in the Treblinka extermination camp. She was particularly close to her sister Rebbetzin Chaya Moussia and is memorialized on the latter’s tombstone in the Old Montefiore Cemetery, Queens, New York.