(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

Estimate

$1,000–$1,500

Hammer price

$2,750

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author

SCHNEERSON, SHTERNA-SORAH.

printer

3rd Kislev

Place

Riga

Publication

(1927)

Description

Written in a most distinctively florid hand.

summary

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

One leaf written on both sides, small taped repair. Addressed at end

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