Bidspirit auction | (CHABAD). Archive of c. 350

(CHABAD). Archive of c. 350 Documents & Letters Pertaining to Internal Chabad Matters, by Chabad Rabbis Across the World.  1940’s-1980’s. Further description available upon request.  THIS ARCHIVE IS A TREMENDOUS TREASURE-TROVE OF INTERNAL INSTITUTIONAL CORRESPONDENCE THAT PAINTS A PICTURE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLDWIDE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE CHABAD-LUBAVITCH MOVEMENT ACROSS DOZENS OF COUNTRIES OVER MUCH OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH-CENTURY, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LATE LUBAVITCHER REBBE, R. MENACHEM M. SCHNEERSON. Contains letters from dozens of Chabad activists and their associates, including rabbis Shemaryahu Gurary, Zalman Serebryanski, Sholom Gutnick, Yirmiyahu Aloy, Aryeh Leib Kramer, Mordechai Mentlik, Zalman Shimon Dworkin, Eliezer Spector, Binyamin Gorodetzki, Berel Baumgarten, Avraham Parshan, Shlomo Yosef Zevin, etc. Correspondence primarily regarding Israel and the United States, along with notable focus on Chabad developments in France, Canada, England, South Africa, Australia and Latin America. Also includes letters relating to communities in Venice, Tokyo, The Hague, Casablanca and other smaller cities. In two communications, a Shaliach records addresses of Jews located in Africa (Niger and Zambia). A TOUR-DE-FORCE OF CHABAD’S ASTONISHING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AND GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP, CONTINUALLY PROPELLED FURTHER BY MOTIVATED CHASSIDIM ACROSS THE WORLD.