(Wife of the seventh Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson. 1901-88). Autograph Letter Signed to Necha Rivkin of Jerusalem

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $4,000

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author

SCHNEERSON, MOUSSIA (CHAYA-MUSHKA)

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24th November

Place

Warsaw

Publication

(1928)

Description

(formerly of Rostov, later of New York and wife of Rabbi Moshe Dov-Ber Rivkin of Yeshivath Torath Emeth in Jerusalem and later, Torah Voda’ath of New York). Written entirely in Russian, concerning her upcoming wedding. “I have been in Warsaw now for ten days and am very busy with wedding preparations… I am here with my mother and it is now late on Motzei Shabbos, the wedding will be on Tuesday.”

summary

The second of the three daughters of the Friediker Rebbe, R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson (1880-1950), and wife to R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-94), who succeeded his father-in-law’s title as Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1951. Writes to her life-long friend, Necha Rivkin, emphasizes how close she feels to her and her family. Notes that all members of Rebbetzin Chaya-Moushka’s family arrive to Warsaw on Monday (the day before her wedding), and that on Wednesday, the family will return to Riga.

Postcard-size, densely written on both sides.

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