Glasses of Rebbe Shalom Dov Ber Schneersohn, Rebbe Rashab of Lubavitch. The present glasses were used by the Rashab during his travels out of Lubavitch (for an additional pair of glasses of Rebbe Rashab, which he wore at home, see Kedem Auction 30, item 6).
Letter of authenticity enclosed (handwritten note, in English), signed in Hebrew by Rebbetzin Chanah Gurary (1899-1991), eldest daughter of Rebbe Rayatz and granddaughter of Rebbe Rashab: "I hereby gift… the travel glasses of my grandfather the Rashab. One he always kept at home. This was his travelling Glasses. When he took a trip this was always with him". Dated – 3rd December 1989. A wooden box which was possibly also used by the rebbe and his family is enclosed (the box was given together with the glasses, though it is not mentioned in the letter).

R. Refael Nachman (Fole) Kahn in his book Lubavitch VeChayaleha mentions the glasses Rebbe Rashab wore: "The rebbe did not carry in public domain on Rosh Hashana, and when he went to Tashlich, he would give his siddur and glasses to one of the students. Once he gave me the siddur and glasses, and when we reached the river, I wished to return them to him, and the students around him wished to give them themselves to the rebbe but I refused. I pushed forward and gave them myself" (p. 29, note 9). Another testimony is brought in the book Ashkavta DeRebbi, by R. Moshe Dov Ber Rivkin, where he describes the final days before the passing of Rebbe Rashab on 2nd Nissan 1920: "I did not budge from his bed and from him almost for even a second, until he was taken… and throughout his illness I would help him sit up or stand when he had to… and I would pour water on his hands when he wanted to wash his hands" and he mentions the glasses the Rashab needed when praying from a siddur: "I would put his glasses on him each time he would pray from a siddur (apart from Sunday when he put them on himself)" (ibid., p. 52).

Good-fair condition. Minor defects.