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(1881-1970. Wife of the Sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson and mother-in-law of the Seventh Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson).

Auction 62 · Lot 216

(1881-1970. Wife of the Sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson and mother-in-law of the Seventh Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson).

Estimate
$1,500–$2,500
Hammer price
$2,200

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

SCHNEERSON, NECHAMA-DINAH.

Place

Elul

Publication

1950

Description

Typed Letter Signed in Hebrew on personal letterhead, New Year’s greetings, written to R. Yonah Levitas. Also signed by her two sons-in-law, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson and R. Shemaryahu Gurary.

summary

Letters from the crucial interim period (1950-51), i.e. after the passing of the previous Rebbe R. Yoseph Yitzchak Schneerson and prior to the appointment of a new Rebbe, officials greetings were dispatched on the Rebbetzin’s stationery and jointly signed by the three most senior members of the Schneerson Chabad dynasty.
One page. Folds. 8vo.
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