Letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, 20th Kislev 1980.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature – "M.Schneerson"; with added words and corrections in his handwriting.
Sent to his relative ("my mechutan") R. Chaim Shalom HaLevi Segal in Jerusalem. The Rebbe mentions that it is a Hakhel year and adds that the pidyon sent would be read at the previous Rebbe's gravesite.
At the end of the blessing, the Rebbe adds a blessing for his birthday: "With blessing – regarding the birthday – for a year of success, physical and spiritual".
The recipient, R. Chaim Shalom HaLevi Segal (1918-1983), sixth generation from the Baal HaTanya. Founder and mashpia at the Chabad synagogue Beit Yehudah in the Mazkeret Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem, and lecturer in the Etz Chaim yeshiva. He studied Rashi's commentary on the Torah for decades, and published his works Tosefet Rashi on the Tanach, Munachei Rashi and Yitron HaOr. On his visit to the Rebbe's court on Shmini Atzeret 1970, he was appointed the delegate from Israel as part of the "Chassidic United Nations".
[1] leaf. Official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.
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