Online Auction 42 - Chabad
Special Chabad Auction in Honor of Chag HaGeulah Yud-Tes Kislev – Rosh Hashana of Chassidut - Marking the Date in which Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi was Released from Czarist Imprisonment
Special edition of the Tanya (edition 164), printed in honor of the eightieth birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe – 11th Nissan 1982, containing pictures of the title pages of all editions of the Tanya printed up until then, and facsimiles of Tanya Mahadura Kama manuscripts.
This edition was distributed by the rebbe at the Hitvaadut on 11th Nissan 1982 together with a dollar for charity – the present lot includes only the Tanya, without the dollar.
Received by Mrs. Golda Chaya Deutsch.
Towards the end of the Hitvaadut, which lasted five hours, the rebbe explained the idea behind the publication of the present Tanya edition: in order to hasten the coming of the Mashiach, it was suggested to print the title pages of all the Tanya books ever printed throughout the world in one volume; and moreover, to study the Tanya so intensely, as to wear out the book, thereby necessitating the printing of additional editions.
[5], 334, [3] ff. 18 cm. Good condition. Minor stains. Light rubbing to cover. Spine blemished and detached.
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One-hundred-dollar bill received from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The bill was given to R. Shaul Shimon Deutsch, who inscribed it (in pen): "From the rebbe, contribution towards the costs of the meal in honor of the Shloshim of Yankel Rosenbaum".
On the night of 9th Elul 1991, a group of some twenty African American youths surrounded Yankel Rosenbaum, a 29-year-old Australian student studying at the time in the Central Tomchei Temimim yeshiva at 770, cruelly beating him up and fracturing his skull. One of the youths, 16-year-old Lemrick Nelson, stabbed Rosenbaum several times in his back. Rosenbaum was rushed to hospital, where he passed away several hours later from his wounds.
Several hours before the attack, two African American children were hit by a car which was part of the motorcade accompanying the Lubavitcher rebbe. The driver, a 22-year-old Chabad Chassid, went through a red light and struck two children – a girl named Angela Cato was seriously injured, while Gavin Cato was killed on the spot.
The accident immediately sparked what was later called the Crown Heights Riots – a series of riots in the Crown Heights neighborhood, Brooklyn NY. For three days, (9-11 Elul 1991), the neighborhood Jews suffered violent attacks from African American youths – stores were torched and looted, houses and cars were destroyed, with extensive damage to Jewish property. During the course of the riots, three people were killed (including Yankel Rosenbaum), and many dozens of Jews were injured.
R. Shaul Shimon Deutsch, a close friend of Rosenbaum, published a tribute in his memory in one of the Jewish newspapers, under the title: The Shabbos Guest – Yankel Rosenbaum Zt"l. In the tribute, R. Deutsch describes the deep friendship they shared, Rosenbaum's academic work on the history of Polish Jewry, and the Shabbos meals they shared at the Deutsch's. R. Deutsch concludes his tributes with the words: (English. See enclosed article).
According to the enclosed letter from R. Deutsch, after the Lubavitcher Rebbe read the tribute, he instructed him to made a meal in honor of the Shloshim of Yankel Rosenbaum, and gave him the present bill as a contribution towards the costs of the meal.
Good condition.
Enclosed is an authentication letter (signed by R. Shauk Shimon Deutsch): "These 3 dimes were received from the Rebbe by members of my family in the 1980's and early 90's".
Good condition.
Detailed genealogy lists of thousands of descendants of Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya.
[6] ff., 554 pages. 30 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor wear. Inscription and ownership stamps to endpapers. Tears and open tears to wrapper.
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