Letter of invitation to the wedding of the daughter of Admor Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn, to Rabbi Menahem Ha-Cohen Horenstein in Poland, 1932. The invitation is on the Admor's stationery. The first and last two lines are in the Rebbe's actual handwriting, and the rest is in lithographic print of the admor's handwriting. Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn (1880-1950, Otzar Ha-Rabbanim 8887) was the sixth Admor of Habad-Lubavitch. He founded the Yeshivah Tomchei Temimim together with his father, the Admor Ha-Rasha"b. Became Admor in 1920. Arrested by the communists, and released in 1927. From Russia he went to Poland, and in 1940 to Brooklyn. Renowned for his dedication and for hid teaching to his followers in Communist Russia to keep the Mitzvas and study Torah despite all hardships. His daughter Sheina (Sheindel) and his son-in-law Rabbi Menahem Ha-Cohen Horenstein were killed in Treblinka in 1942 – see enclosed material. One page, 23.5 cm. good condition, many moth holes, with no omission in text.
Letter of invitation to the wedding of the daughter of Admor Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn, to Rabbi Menahem Ha-Cohen Horenstein in Poland, 1932. The invitation is on the Admor's stationery. The first and last two lines are in the Rebbe's actual handwriting, and the rest is in lithographic print of the admor's handwriting. Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn (1880-1950, Otzar Ha-Rabbanim 8887) was the sixth Admor of Habad-Lubavitch. He founded the Yeshivah Tomchei Temimim together with his father, the Admor Ha-Rasha"b. Became Admor in 1920. Arrested by the communists, and released in 1927. From Russia he went to Poland, and in 1940 to Brooklyn. Renowned for his dedication and for hid teaching to his followers in Communist Russia to keep the Mitzvas and study Torah despite all hardships. His daughter Sheina (Sheindel) and his son-in-law Rabbi Menahem Ha-Cohen Horenstein were killed in Treblinka in 1942 – see enclosed material. One page, 23.5 cm. good condition, many moth holes, with no omission in text.
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