(Daughter of R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, 1899-1991).

SCHNEERSON, CHANA (GURARY).

17th March

Riga

1929

Autograph Letter Signed, written in Russian on Gurary letterhead, to Necha Rivkin. With much personal detail regarding herself, her husband and son and her sister Moussia, newly-married to R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

The oldest of the three daughters of the Friediker Rebbe. Married to Shmaryahu Gourary (“The Rashag.”) She is buried in the Floral Park Cemetery, New Jersey. “Details of Moussia’s wedding you have certainly read in all the newspapers. She has had much to deal with, since such fanfare is not her style. Her husband is our second cousin and they have been acquainted since 1923 when they met in Kislovodsk. He very much loves Moussia and prizes her highly. Our Moussia has so much come into her own, she is well educated and socially most successful. They live in Berlin as her husband studies in university. They are very happy.” Recounts that her own husbands constant travels leaves her very isolated. Also records her impressions of her young son and memories of happy years in Rostov.