Letter of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, 18th Shevat 1953.

Typewritten on the official stationery of the Rebbe, with his signature –
"M.Schneerson", with corrections added by hand.

Addressed to R. Yitzchak Levi, discussing his health condition and advising him to avoid things that cause him mental distress, based on Chassidic and ethical works: "When you think even for a moment about how you merit to work in an institution founded by the Rebbe [Rayatz], my father-in-law, the prince of Israel, and an institution that brings Jewish girls closer to their father in heaven, this pleasure is enough to offset and perhaps even cancel out the causes of mental distress involved in working in that institution".

The Rebbe goes on to discuss the livelihood of his brother-in-law, blessing him for it to improve and asking for updates on the situation, and the birth of two girls in his family, blessing them to raise them "to Torah, marriage and good deeds", mentioning the famous Chabad practice in the name of the Rebbe Rashab to use the formula "to Torah" even upon the birth of a girl. He concludes with a Mazal Tov blessing.

This letter has not been published in the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Igrot Kodesh.

[1] leaf, official stationery. Approx. 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Light stains. Paper sticker at top of leaf.

Letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, end of Elul 1953.

Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature:
"M.Schneerson"; with handwritten corrections.

Addressed to R. Yitzchak Eliyah Levi, in response to his letter stating that he had had a daughter. The Rebbe blesses him, his wife and their other children to raise her "to Torah, marriage and good deeds", mentioning the famous Chabad practice in the name of the Rebbe Rashab to use the formula "to Torah" even upon the birth of a girl.

[1] leaf, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Light stains. Minute marginal tears.

Letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, 17th Sivan 1963.

Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature:
"M.Schneerson"; with words added by hand.

The letter was sent to his secretary R. Nissan Mindel, on the occasion of his moving to a new apartment in Long Beach (New York). The Rebbe blesses him that his move should come with a change for the better, physically and spiritually.

At the end of the letter the Rebbe adds two lines in his handwriting:
"Much success in the holy work of disseminating Judaism and especially the wellsprings [of Chassidut] – M.Schneerson".

This letter has not been published in the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Igrot Kodesh.

The recipient of the letter,
R. Nissan Mindel (1912-1999), secretary of the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch and later of his son-in-law the Lubavitcher Rebbe. In winter 1940, he was one of the few to accompany the Rebbe Rayatz on the ship that left Nazi-occupied Europe for the United States. He served for over 50 years as head secretary of the Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch and member of Agudat Chassidei Chabad and Machaneh Yisrael. He was also involved in Kehot Publication Society. He authored and edited dozens of Chabad books in English and Yiddish.

[1] leaf, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.

Kuntres Maamarim 5682, along with two one-dollar bills for charity, received from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York: Kehot, 1992. "The Rebbe's ninetieth year".

The booklet, printed at the behest of the Lubavitcher Rebbe on the occasion of the yahrzeit of his father-in-law the Rebbe Rayatz on 10th Shevat, contains three Chassidic discourses delivered by the Rayatz in 1921, which had been in manuscript. A portrait of the Rebbe Rayatz is printed at the beginning of the booklet, and facsimiles of the copyist's manuscript and a brief biography of the Rebbe Rayatz are printed at the end.

The distribution ceremony of the present booklet and dollars are described in Kovetz LeChizuk HaHitkashrut – 29 (pp. 66-68). On the night of 10th Shevat, 1992, the Rebbe distributed the present booklet along with two dollars for charity. The Rebbe distributed about 7000 booklets over the course of three hours, giving brief blessings. The Farbrengen held afterwards began with the study of a section from the newly distributed booklet.

Booklet: 59, [1] pages. Red wrapper. Approx. 23 cm. Booklet and dollar bills in very good condition.

Letter of the "Yenuka", Rebbe Yisrael Perlow of Karlin-Stolin. Stolin, [Elul, ca. first decade of 1900s].

Scribal writing with the Rebbe's signature – "Yisrael son of R. Asher". Sent to his relative R. Asher HaLevi, who had sought the Rebbe's counsel on a surgery. The Rebbe advises him to take only medicine, if there is a possibility of recovery without a surgery; otherwise, he advises him to rely on the doctors' opinion and undergo the surgery, preferably in Berlin.

The Rebbe continues with a blessing for a complete recovery and a Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah, concluding with his signature.

Rebbe Yisrael Perlow of Karlin-Stolin, known as "the Yenuka" (1868-1921), orphaned from his father R. Asher of Stolin and appointed rebbe at the young age of four and a half (!). Son-in-law of R. David Twersky of Zlatopil. He passed away at the age of 53, and was buried in Frankfurt, thus earning the appellation of "the Frankfurter" amongst Karlin Chassidim. He left behind six sons – Rebbe Moshe of Stolin, Rebbe Avraham Elimelech of Karlin, Rebbe Yochanan of Lutzk, Rebbe Yaakov of Detroit, R. Aharon of Warsaw and R. Asher of Stolin – along with four daughters. All his descendants were killed in the Holocaust, apart from his sons Rebbe Yaakov Chaim Perlow, who passed away in Detroit, United States in 1946, and Rebbe Yochanan Perlow of Lutzk and the United States (1900-1956), grandfather of the present rebbes of Karlin-Stolin and Lutzk, the last surviving lines descending from the Yenuka.

[1] double leaf. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Dark stains and folding marks.