Auction 101 Part 2 Chassidut and Kabbalah | Jerusalem Printings | Letters and Manuscripts | Objects
Shanah Tovah Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Elul 1968
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Shanah Tovah letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, Elul 1968.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature:
"M.Schneerson"; with words added by hand.
"M.Schneerson"; with words added by hand.
Addressed to R. Chaim Shalom HaLevi Segal in Jerusalem with a blessing for a Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah for a Shanah Tovah.
At the end of the letter, the Rebbe added by hand the words:
"Your letter has been received".
"Your letter has been received".
The recipient,
R. Chaim Shalom HaLevi Segal (1918-1983), sixth generation from the Baal HaTanya. Founder and mashpia at the Chabad synagogue Beit Yehudah in the Mazkeret Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem, and lecturer in the Etz Chaim yeshiva. He studied Rashi's commentary on the Torah for decades, and published his works Tosefet Rashi on the Tanach, Munachei Rashi and Yitron HaOr. On his visit to the Rebbe's court on Shmini Atzeret 1970, he was appointed the delegate from Israel as part of the "Chassidic United Nations".
R. Chaim Shalom HaLevi Segal (1918-1983), sixth generation from the Baal HaTanya. Founder and mashpia at the Chabad synagogue Beit Yehudah in the Mazkeret Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem, and lecturer in the Etz Chaim yeshiva. He studied Rashi's commentary on the Torah for decades, and published his works Tosefet Rashi on the Tanach, Munachei Rashi and Yitron HaOr. On his visit to the Rebbe's court on Shmini Atzeret 1970, he was appointed the delegate from Israel as part of the "Chassidic United Nations".
[1] leaf, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and light creases.