Rabbi of Nikolayev. Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew (with address in Russian) to the New York based welfare organization, Ezrath Torah.

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $1,200

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author

SCHNEERSON, SAMUEL.

Place

Nikolayev

Publication

(c. 1920)

Description

Requesting assistance for the Shochet, R. Menachem Mendel Riznikov of Novibug (near Nikolayev), attesting to his fine character and his suffering since experiencing the violence of recent pogrom attacks. Final paragraph at end written by the Shochet himself.

summary

Brother of R. Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, uncle of the last Lubavitcher Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson. See M. M. Laufer, Yemei Melech (1991) p. 35.

Two pages. Brittle, tears with taped repairs.

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