“On the matter of segulah for livelihood: Every morning, before prayers, one should give a coin to tzedakah, as it says, test Me with this, said Hashem, etc. and I will shower you with blessing. etc.” (segulah and promise by the Rebbe in the letter)
Rare letter by the Admo”r Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch with a segulah for livelihood and wealth! Inter alia , the Rebbe blesses here the immortal blessing/promise from the Torah for wealth “and I will shower you with infinite blessing.” The letter is integrated with glosses and revisions in the very hand of the Rebbe himself, and signed by the secretary in the Rebbe’s name (see below). Brooklyn, New York. 9 Adar, 1957.
This rare letter was written at an especially auspicious time, in the month of Adar, when Chassidic leaders spoke out the verse in the meggilah “Ask for what you seek and it will be given to you” as a sign that its blessings will be fulfilled. This letter for livelihood is opened by the Rebbe with a blessing for sustenance, “I will mention [you] at an auspicious time at the grave site … for increased livelihood and tranquility.” The Rebbe is not satisfied with only a blessing, but in the very next passage, he mentions a practical segulah for livelihood, “On the matter of segulah for livelihood: Every morning, before prayers, one should give a coin to tzedakah, ” and the Rebbe concludes with a verse containing an explicit blessing: “As it says, test Me with this, said Hashem, etc. and I will shower you with blessing. etc.” Not only a blessing, and not even a segulah – an explicit promise: “Please test Me with this!”
Later on in the letter, the Rebbe deals with matters of education and Chassidism, and it contains the Rebbe’s concise and clear definition as to the purpose of a “farbrengin”: “The purpose of a farbrengin is to inspire and to add Torah matters and mitzvahs with the warmth and vivaciousness of Chassidism.”
This letter was sent by the Rebbe, as dictated by him – as were most letters from the Rebbe – to the secretary, Rabbi Eliyahu Quint. After it was typewritten, the letter was given to the Rebbe, and the Rebbe, as was customary, added his glosses and corrections in his hand (four corrections – one complete word and another four letters in the Rebbe’s hand). In the margins of the letter, the secretary signs “in the name of the Admo”r, shlit”a.” As is known, there are letters in which the Rebbe himself signs, and others where the secretary signs in the Rebbe’s name. It is not known what the guiding rule is regarding the signatures, but there is evidence that sometimes the Rebbe himself would sign the secretary’s signature on behalf of the Rebbe and who is privy to these secret matters?
[1] of the Rebbe’s official aerogrammes. Typewritten with the addition of one word and four letters handwritten by the Rebbe.
Fine condition. Aging stains. Fold marks. Tiny tears in the white margins, far from the text.