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Letter of the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch – Elul 1945 – Addressed to Chabad Chassidim in England, Asking for Assistance in Establishing a Central Relief Committee for the Jews of Europe after the Holocaust
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Letter of Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch. Brooklyn, New York, 14th Elul 1945.
Typewritten on the Rebbe Rayatz's official stationery, with his signature: "Yosef Yitzchak".
Addressed to Chabad Chassidim in England, asking them to assist his emissary about to travel to postwar Europe, in order to aid and make arrangements for the Chabad survivors left in the DP camps in Europe. [The Rebbe's emissaries established organizations for refugees in England and other European countries as branches of the Central Relief Committee for the Jews of Europe founded by the Rayatz].
The Rebbe refers to his general letter (see previous lot), and adds an additional request for assistance in establishing a London branch of the Central Relief Committee for the Jews of Europe, and if possible, additional branches in liberated Europe as well.
The Rayatz signs with a Shanah Tovah and Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah blessing.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Creases and small marginal open tear. Small paper sticker to verso.
This letter was printed (with minor variants) in Igrot Kodesh of the Rebbe Rayatz, VIII, p. 660 (letter 2754).
Letters – Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbes
Letters – Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbes