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LOT 9:
Silver Cup of Rebbe Rayatz – Used for the Blessings Under the Chuppah, at the Wedding of His Daughter Rebbetzin ...
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Silver Cup of Rebbe Rayatz – Used for the Blessings Under the Chuppah, at the Wedding of His Daughter Rebbetzin Chanah Gurary – With Letter of Authenticity Signed by Rebbetzin Chanah Gurary
Silver cup of Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch.
Silver, with Russian hallmarks (presumably Kiev, early 20th century) and maker's mark: ИЕЗ [IEZ] - Israel Eseevich Zakhoder.
Letter of authenticity enclosed (handwritten note, in English), signed in Hebrew by Rebbetzin Chanah Gurary (1899-1991), eldest daughter of Rebbe Rayatz: "I hereby gift… the silver kos that my father said the broches on under the chuppah of our wedding". Dated – 3rd December 1989.
The wedding of Rebbetzin Chanah and Rabbi Shemaryahu Gurary (the Rashag)
During WWI, Rebbe Rashab fled Lubavitch together with his court, settling after several days of wandering in Rostov-on-Don, south-western Russia.
Before his passing (2nd Nissan 1920), as his health took a turn for the worse, the Rashab selected a groom for his eldest granddaughter Rebbetzin Chanah – R. Shemaryahu son of R. Menachem Mendel Gurary, director of the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva. The Tena'im were signed three months after the passing of the Rashab, on 12th Tammuz 1920.
The wedding took place about a year later, on 11th Sivan 1921. Due to the difficult situation in Russia at that time, the wedding was a modest and small affair celebrated in the courtyard of Rebbe Rayatz in Rostov.
The book Shemuot VeSippurim describes the despondent atmosphere at the wedding: when the Daled Bovos niggun was played at the wedding, Rebbe Rayatz wept and thumped his hand on the table. The Rashab's chair stood empty at the head of the table in the same place as in the past, and no one touched it. The mood was so morose that no one even danced. The Rayatz went round sharing out a piece of cake and cup of lemonade for LeChaim – that was the extent of the wedding meal.
Approx. 6 cm. Fair condition. Bends and defects.
