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Shavuot Blessings from the Lubavitcher Rebbe – 5th Sivan, 1963 – "To Receive the Torah Joyfully and Internally"

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Letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, 5th Sivan 1963.


Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature – "M.Schneerson".
A "public-private" letter (an identical letter sent to several individuals) for Shavuot. The Rebbe writes: "For the upcoming Festival of Shavuot, the time of the receiving of our Torah… I hereby express my wish in the words of the Rabbi, my father-in-law the Rebbe [Rayatz]… to receive the Torah joyfully and internally".
At the end of the letter, the Rebbe adds in his handwriting: "Respectfully and [with the holiday blessing]".


[1] leaf, official stationery (thin paper). 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.

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