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Two Early One Dollar Bills Received from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Lag Ba'Omer 5737 - The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, led the Chabad-Lubavitch movement from 1951. He is known for his profound wisdom, compassionate leadership, and unwavering dedication to the Jewish people. One of the many ways he sought to uplift and inspire was through the distribution of dollar bills. It was customary for the Lubavitcher Rebbe to give out dollars to his Chassidim and many other men women and children who came to see him on different occasions. The Dollars were usually distributed in relation to Holidays and Significant Days of the Year, on Sundays, and in the Rebbes later years different variations of dollars were given out and included along with the special Kuntreisim that would be distributed in 770. These particular dollar bills were received from the Rebbe by Chasidim on Lag Baomer (33rd day of the Omer-18th day of Iyar). In later Years the rebbe had special coins which wer minted and distributed on this day. In earlier years he would hand out dollars and dollar coins to people on this day. On the Front of each these Dollar Bills is written R' Avraham Yaakov Ginsberg: 1. ” Lag Baomer , 5737.” 2. ” Lag Baomer , 5737 (2).” Provenance: R' Avraham Yaakov Ginsberg.