Auction 75 - Rare and Important Items
Draft Telegram from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – 1951 – With His Handwritten Additions
Opening: $500
Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Sold for: $1,875
Including buyer's premium
Draft telegram from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn – the Lubavitcher Rebbe, with his handwritten additions. [Brooklyn NY, 1951]. Romanized Hebrew.
Typewritten on a Western Union telegram form, with several words and emendations in his handwriting (Romanized Hebrew).
The telegram was sent to R. Chaim Eliezer Karasik, rabbi of the Chabad community in Tel Aviv and chairman of Agudas Chassidei Chabad in Eretz Israel: "If they see fit, it would be worthwhile that some people from Agudas Chabad together with R. Shemtov visit Rabbis Herzog, Levin, Moshe Shapiro and the like"; the emphasized words in the telegram were reformulated by the rebbe (circled at the foot of the telegram). Near his signature, "Menachem Schneersohn", the rebbe added in his handwriting: "Bibrocho" (with blessings).
[1] leaf. Approx. 21X15.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Brittle paper. Folding mark. Marginal closed and open tears. Stains.
Typewritten on a Western Union telegram form, with several words and emendations in his handwriting (Romanized Hebrew).
The telegram was sent to R. Chaim Eliezer Karasik, rabbi of the Chabad community in Tel Aviv and chairman of Agudas Chassidei Chabad in Eretz Israel: "If they see fit, it would be worthwhile that some people from Agudas Chabad together with R. Shemtov visit Rabbis Herzog, Levin, Moshe Shapiro and the like"; the emphasized words in the telegram were reformulated by the rebbe (circled at the foot of the telegram). Near his signature, "Menachem Schneersohn", the rebbe added in his handwriting: "Bibrocho" (with blessings).
[1] leaf. Approx. 21X15.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Brittle paper. Folding mark. Marginal closed and open tears. Stains.
Chabad – Letters and Manuscripts
Chabad – Letters and Manuscripts