Two silver salt dishes which belonged to Rebbe Dov Ber, the Mitteler Rebbe of Lubavitch. Square dishes, stemmed (differing slightly in size and design); ornamented rims. Silver (84), partially gilt. Marked: St. Petersburg; assayer mark: A.Я. (Aleksandr Ilyich Yashinkov - active in St. Petersburg in the years 1795-1826). One dish with maker's mark: F.D. (Friedrich Johann Drevsen; active in St. Petersburg from 1818).

Letter of authenticity enclosed (handwritten note, in English), signed in Hebrew by Rebbetzin Chanah Gurary (1899-1991), eldest daughter of Rebbe Rayatz: "I hereby gift... the 2 salt celler set with the gold inside that belonged to the Mitteler Rebbe. I received it as a gift from my grandmother in 1935."

Letter of authenticity is dated 14 May, 1989. Enclosed is a tin box, which may have also been used in "Beis Rebbe" (the box was handed over alongside the salt dishes, but is not mentioned in the letter of authenticity).

9X7X5.3 cm; 8.7X7X5 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.

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Page turner of rabbi Shmuel Schneerson, Rebbe Maharash of Lubavitch.

Bone.

Letter of authenticity enclosed (handwritten note, in English), signed in Hebrew by Rebbetzin Chanah Gurary (1899-1991), great-granddaughter of Rebbe Maharash, eldest daughter of Rebbe Rayatz: "I hereby gift... the page turner and seperator of my great-grandfather's the Rebbe Maharash." Letter of authenticity dated 10 December, 1989.

Approx. 2X18 cm. Stains and minor blemishes. Small marginal fracture.

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Silver dish, used by Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch, for the apples on his Rosh Hashanah table. Silver. Marked: Birmingham (England) – 1919; maker's mark: HM (Henry Matthews).

Letter of authenticity enclosed (handwritten note, in English), signed in Hebrew by Rebbetzin Chanah Gurary (1899-1991), eldest daughter of Rebbe Rayatz: "I hereby gift... the silver dish my father used on Rosh Hashana to hold the apples. During one of his trips to France shortly after leaving Russia he bought it. He used it for the last time a year before World War II." Letter of authenticity dated 17 December, 1989. Enclosed is a wooden box (the box was handed over alongside the silver dish, but is not mentioned in the letter of authenticity).

Approx. 17X23 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.

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Silver cigarette case of Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. Long, slim, rectangular cigarette case; sterling silver. Marked: Birmingham (England) – 1933; maker's mark: FF (Frederick Field Ltd). Gilt interior; ornament on cover.

Letter of authenticity enclosed (handwritten note, in English), signed in Hebrew by Rebbetzin Chanah Gurary (1899-1991), eldest daughter of Rebbe Rayatz: "I hereby gift... the sterling silver cigaerette case my father bought in Paris in the mid 1930's. I was with him in the store when he bought it. When he stopped smoking in the early 40's he gave it to me as a gift."

Letter of authenticity dated 5 November, 1989. Rebbe

Rayatz would smoke extensively, already in his youth and in the lifetime of his father Rebbe Rashab. The Rayatz was known to "smoke without matches" – he would light the first cigarette of a new packet with the last cigarette of the previous packet – without using a new match. During the Rayatz's imprisonment in the Soviet prison in 1927, for lack of paper, he would write Torah novellae on his cigarette stubs. In the final decade of his life, the Rayatz stopped smoking entirely, due to his ill health, and he also strictly forbade smoking amongst the students of the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva.

Approx. 5X17 cm. Good condition. Minor blemishes.

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Hat worn by Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, mother of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitch Rebbe.

Blue cloth hat, set with white beads; blue velvet ribbon at its front. Made by Edgar A. Stevens, Evanston/Highland Park, Illinois (USA), ca. 1950s.

Letter of authenticity enclosed (handwritten note, in English), signed in Hebrew by Rebbetzin Chanah Gurary (1899-1991), eldest daughter of Rebbe Rayatz: "I hereby gift… the Edgar Stevens blue hat worn by my sister's mother-in-law's Chana. My sister gave it to me when she cleaned out the apartment. I wore it a few times."

Letter of authenticity dated 26 November, 1989.

There is a well-known picture of Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson at the 1956 Lag B’Omer Parade, where she is seen wearing a dark-colored hat with white beads, similar in shape and style to the present hat.

Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson (1880-1964) mother of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson – the Lubavitcher Rebbe and daughter of the rabbi of Mykolaiv (Ukraine) R. Meir Shlomo and his wife, Rebbetzin Rachel Yanovsky. Married R. Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, and with utmost devotion joined him in fearlessly spreading Judaism under the communist rule, first in Ekaterinoslav and later in his exile to Chiali, Kazakhstan. During this time, she produced ink from weeds, to enable her husband to write his Torah novellae, and later risked her life by carrying his writings while traveling from place to place. These writings were later printed in his series of books Likutei Levi Yitzchak on the Zohar. R. Levi Yitzchak passed away in Alma-Ata (Almaty), Kazakhstan in 1944. In 1946, Rebbetzin Chana crossed the Russian border to Poland, and reached Paris in Adar 1947. Upon hearing the news of his mother's arrival in Paris, her son, Rebbe Menachem Mendel, who was already living in Brooklyn, immediately boarded a plane to meet his mother, who had been confined behind the Iron Curtain and whom he had not seen for 20 years. The Rebbe stayed in Paris for three months to arrange all the necessary authorizations for her immigration to the United States and in Sivan, embarked with his mother on a ship to the US. After her arrival in the United States, Rebbetzin Chana lived near her son and near 770, on the corner of President St. and Kingstone St. no. 1418 in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. Some three years later, the Rayatz died and Rebbe Menachem Mendel became the Rebbe of Chabad. Rebbetzin Chana was very involved in the lives of the Chassidim and in the various Chabad activities and served on the board of Chabad women's organization in the United States.

She passed away on Shabbat, 6th Tishrei 1964 and is buried near the Rayatz and the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The Beit Chana network of girls' schools was named after her.

Approx. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor blemishes.

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