Rare Invitation to the Wedding of the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Warsaw, 14th Kislev 1928 – Sent to Guests Unable to ...

Rare Invitation to the Wedding of the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Warsaw, 14th Kislev 1928 – Sent to Guests Unable to Attend – "Let Them Rejoice Together with Us Even from Afar"

Invitation from R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneerson, the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch, to the wedding of his daughter Rebbetzin Chayah Mushka and the bridegroom R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson (later the Lubavitcher Rebbe). Riga: Splendid, [1928]. Printed invitation, in purple ink.

The wedding of R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson, eldest son of R. Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, Rabbi of Yekaterinoslav (Dnipro), with Rebbetzin Chayah Mushka, second daughter of the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch, was held in the courtyard of the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva in Warsaw, Poland, on 14th Kislev 1928. The bride's father, the Rebbe Rayatz, sent out fourteen different invitations. The invitations differed from each other in form, style and content, corresponding to different types of guests and different places of residence. An additional invitation was printed by the bride's mother, Rebbetzin Nechamah Dinah, and sent only to her friends and acquaintances; another invitation was sent by the bridegroom's parents, R. Levi Yitzchak Schneerson and his wife Rebbetzin Chanah, who were unable to attend their son's wedding in Warsaw and celebrated in Yekaterinoslav.
The present item is a rare invitation sent to Chabad Chassidim who were unable to attend the wedding. For their sake the Rebbe Rayatz added the request in the third paragraph: "Let them rejoice together with us even from afar". At the bottom of the invitation is printed an address for sending telegrams to the Rebbe Rayatz in Warsaw.

[1] leaf. 24 cm. Fair-good condition. Folding marks and creases. Dark stains. Open tears (coarse tear to upper part of leaf, slightly affecting the word at the top of the invitation: "With the help of G-d").
Rare. This invitation has never been offered for auction.