Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe to Rabbi Chananyah Yosef Halperin, with a blessing for a good year. Late Elul, 1953. Brooklyn, New York.
In the letter, the Rebbe blesses him to be “inscribed and sealed for the good; for a good, sweet year materially and spiritually.”
Rabbi Chananyah Yosef Halperin [1901-1981] was one of the most prominent Chaba”d Chassidim, a sixth-generation descendant of the Alter Rebbe. He was the same age as the Rebbe, and a signatory on the letter appointing the Rebbe after the Rayya”tz’s passing. He was the patriarch of a magnificent and multi-branched family of Chaba”d Chassidim.
21 cm. Official stationery.
Very fine condition. Fold marks. Tiny tears in the margins. Slight aging stains.