Bidspirit auction | SCHNEERSON, CHAYA-MUSHKA (The Lubavitcher Rebbetzin

SCHNEERSON, CHAYA-MUSHKA (The Lubavitcher Rebbetzin / Daughter of R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn and wife of the seventh Grand Rabbi of Lubavitch, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson, 1901-88). Autograph Letter Signed  written to Necha Rivkin of Jerusalem (formerly of Rostov, later of New York and wife of Rabbi Moshe Dov-Ber Rivkin of Yeshivath Torath Emeth in Jerusalem and later, Torah Voda’ath of New York). Written entirely in Russian, detail inquiry of Nacha Rivkin’s welfare and references the visit to Riga recently paid by Nacha’s husband, R. Moshe Ber Rivkin. Two pages. Neat folds. 4to. English translation accompanies the lot. (Riga), no date. Chaya Mushka Schneerson was the second of the three daughters of the Friediker Rebbe, R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson (Ra’ayatz, 1880-1950), and wife to R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-94), who succeeded his father-in-law’s title as Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1951. Nacha Heber Rivkin (1900-88) met the Schneerson family in Rostov in 1915 and subsequently became a lifelong friend. In 1920, Nacha married the prominent Chabad Chassid R. Moshe Ber Rivkin (1891-1976), who was sent to Eretz Israel to direct the yeshiva Torath Emeth. Following the 1929 Palestine riots, Nacha and her husband emigrated to the United States where R. Rivkin was appointed dean of Yeshiva Torah Voda’ath, Brooklyn. A leading educationalist herself, Nacha Rivkin was one of the founders of the Shulamith School for Girls in Boro Park.