Auction 050 Part 2 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
"Public-Private Letter" from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – 1961
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Letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, 22 Tevet, 1961.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature. "Public-private letter" (an identical letter sent to several individuals).
Sent to R. Chaim Shalom HaLevi Segal of Jerusalem. In his letter, the Rebbe offers the blessing (based on a teaching of the Alter Rebbe) "to turn Tzarah (distress) into a Tzohar (window) by the light of the Torah and commandments".
The Rebbe concludes with a blessing for good tidings.
In the margins of the letter are references and sources for topics and ideas cited in the letter.
Aerogram. 30.5 cm. Good condition. Folds. Light wear.
Letters by the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Letters by the Lubavitcher Rebbe