Letter of Good Year Wishes from Rebbetzin Nechama Dina Schneersohn - With Her Signature and the Signatures of Her ...

Letter of Good Year Wishes from Rebbetzin Nechama Dina Schneersohn - With Her Signature and the Signatures of Her Two Sons-in-Law, the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Rabbi Shemarya Gurary - Elul 1950 - Following the Passing of Her Husband Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch
Letter of good year wishes, signed by Rebbetzin Nechama Dina Schneersohn, with the signatures of her two sons-in-law - Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of Lubavitch and R. Shemarya Gurary: "With the approach of the new year… we hereby bless him and his family with a good inscription and sealing for a good and sweet year, both in material and spiritual matters. Brooklyn, New York, Elul 1950.
Addressed to R. Asher Mindel (brother of the secretary R. Nissan Mindel). Typewritten on the Rebbetzin’s official stationery; hand signed by the Rebbetzin and her two sons-in-law. The letter was written in Elul 1950, within the year of mourning of her husband, Rebbe Rayatz, who passed away on 10th Shevat 1950. Her son-in-law the Lubavitcher Rebbe was not officially appointed rebbe until 10th Shevat 1951. During the year of mourning, the Rebbetzin wrote several letters to Chabad Chassidim, which she signed together with her two sons-in-law - the signature of her eldest son-in-law R. Shemarya Gurary appearing on the right, and the signature of her younger son-in-law R. Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, future Lubavitcher Rebbe, on the left.
Rebbetzin Nechama Dina Schneersohn (1881-1971), wife of Rebbe Rayatz. She was the daughter of R. Avraham Schneersohn of Kishinev, son of Rebbe Yisrael Noach of Niezhin, son of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. Their wedding took place in Elul 1897. She was devotedly involved in her husband’s monumental work. When her husband was arrested by the communists in 1927, she deftly and courageously orchestrated his release, at peril of her life.
Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch - the Lubavitcher Rebbe (1902-1994), seventh rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty. He was the son of R. Levi Yitzchak Rabbi of Yekaterinoslav, sixth generation patrilineal descendant of the Tzemach Tzedek.
R. Shemaryahu Gurary (1898-1989), a close disciple of Rebbe Rashab of Lubavitch, who chose him as husband for his granddaughter Chana, daughter of Rebbe Rayatz. He later served as the latter’s close assistant.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks and creases.