HaKriyah V’HaKedushah periodical. [ Reading in Sanctity. ] “Magazine on Torah- Jewish topics i n the spirit of Chabad c hassidut .” The main journal disseminating the words of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Lubavitch. Published by Agudat Chassidei Chabad. New York, 1940-1945.
The issues include articles and talks by the Admor the RY”Tz, including the four famous “Kol Koreh” leaflets in which the Rebbe announced ” l’alter l’teshuvah l’alter l’geulah .” Also featured is the mysterious column, ” Otiot Porchot, ” where word snippets in clues were published, some of which were later understood about various events connected to World War II and the fate of the Jews. The magazine was printed continuously throughout the years of the World War and the Holocaust of European Jewry.
Written in Yiddish at the top of the first booklet: “The magazine is published under the supervision and personal participation of the Admor the RY”Tz.” But subsequently in the second booklet the phrasing is different, instead worded: “With permission and blessing from the Lubavitcher Rebbe” but no more, and this inscription was likewise printed in all of the next sixty issues. However, Rabbi Menachem Mendel related that his father-in-law, the Rebbe, proofread the journal and wrote parts of it, particularly sections related to Chabad history.
A total of 61 issues were published. Before us are 58 issues. Missing issues 6, 8, and 25. With table of contents compilation. Yiddish and a some English. 30 cm.
Moderate-fine condition. Brittle acidic paper. Tiny tears in the margins of the sheets … detached leaves.