Letter of Blessings from Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch - 1949

Letter of Blessings from Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch - 1949
Letter of blessings from Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn - the Rayatz of Lubavitch, with his signature and the addition of two words in his handwriting. Addressed to his secretary R. Nissan Mindel. Brooklyn, New York, Nisan 1949.
Typewritten on the official stationery of Rebbe Rayatz, with his handwritten signature and two words in his handwriting.
In the letter, the rebbe blesses: "May G-d strengthen his health and that of his wife". At the end of the letter, after "and blesses them", the rebbe added in his handwriting: "BeGashmiyut UBeRuchaniyut" (in material and spiritual matters).
The letter is signed with the rebbe’s distinctive signature in the final year of his life - with the letter Yud of his second name in Ashuri script.
R. Nissan Mindel (1912-1999), director of Chabad institutions in the United States, close confidant of Rebbe Rayatz and his son-in-law the Lubavitcher Rebbe. From 1932, he served as personal secretary of Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch, and from 1950, of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. In winter 1940, he was one of the few who joined the Rayatz in his flight from occupied Poland to the United States. He typed all the rebbe’s English letters, and even published some of them in several volumes. R. Mindel was a prolific author on Jewish thought and Chassidism. His books were reviewed by the rebbe before being published, and were later translated into many languages. He served as editor of the Chabad periodical for youths - Talks and Tales, for over forty years. His magnum opus was his translation of the Tanya to English, which earned him a doctorate degree from the Columbia University in New York.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.