Seven Letter from Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch - 1944-1947 - To Various Rabbis and Communal Workers - Elchanan Glazer ...

Seven Letter from Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch - 1944-1947 - To Various Rabbis and Communal Workers - Elchanan Glazer, Rabbi Chanoch Hendel Havlin, Commission for Family Purity in Montevideo, and Others
Seven letters from Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn - Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. Brooklyn NY, 1944-1947. Hebrew and Yiddish.
The letters are typewritten on the official stationery of the Rayatz, with his signature "Yosef Yitzchak". Two letters contain additions in his handwriting.
1. Letter to R. Chanoch Hendel Havlin, official trustee of the Rayatz's property in Eretz Israel. 4th Iyar 1944. The letter discusses the sale of the Rayatz's property in Hebron, and the purchase of land in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv instead. The Rayatz concludes with blessings for recovery and good health.
2. Letter to the Commission for Family Purity in Montevideo, Uruguay. 11th Marcheshvan 1945. Yiddish.
Lengthy letter (2 pages) regarding the building of a mikveh in Montevideo. The Rayatz writes that he encloses his participation of 200 dollars, and blesses all those involved in the work with sons, life and sustenance.
3-6. Four letters to the philanthropist Elchanan Glazer:
• Letter dated 5th Tevet 1944. Yiddish. The Rayatz first describes his state of health, then discusses financial matters pertaining to the printing of the Tzemach Tzedek series of books (sponsored by Mr. Glazer). With blessings for good health, plentiful livelihood and success in his endeavors on behalf of the Rayatz's yeshiva. • Letter dated 19th Iyar 1946. Yiddish. The Rayatz asks him to try to attain visas to the United States for two families of Holocaust survivors from Poland. With blessings for success in his business and good health for his parents. At the end of the letter, near his signature, the Rayatz added in his handwriting "in material and spiritual matters". • Letter dated 24th Av 1947. Yiddish. Blessings for good health and longevity. • Letter of good year wishes, Erev Rosh Hashana 1947.
7. Letter addressed to Chabad Chassidim and students of the Chabad yeshivot. 14th Kislev 1947. The letter discusses the exclusive rights of the Kehot publication society to publish the books of rebbes of Chabad. At the end of the letter, near his signature, the rebbe added in his handwriting "in material and spiritual matters".
Enclosed: • Letter on the official stationery of the Rayatz (unsigned): English translation of a letter to the Chabad activist Binyamin Glazer regarding the conference of the Joint the latter arranged, where a representative of Rebbe Rayatz spoke regarding the situation of the refugees in Europe. • Telegram from the secretariat of the Rayatz (on Western Union telegram form) to Binyamin Glazer, regarding a public letter from the Rayatz in honor of Chag HaGeulah of Yat Kislev. • Printed leaf on official stationery of the Rayatz, with the names of several figures in Poland, their place and year of birth, and their address (Hebrew and English). • Six envelopes, with the official letterhead of the Rayatz.
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