Auction 49

Rare: Pamphlet Ahavas Yisrael given by the Rebbe himself at a small chaluka (only 70 copies!). Adar 1977.

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Pamphlet Ahavas Yisrael, given by the Rebbe in larger quantities in later years, published by Kehat in 1976. This copy was given by the Rebbe himself to a member of the choir who participated in a recording, see below.

Soft binding, overall good condition.

The back of the binding has an inscription: “Gift … from his holiness, for being in the choir of Chabad, 22nd of Adar 1977.”

We also found this in a list from one of the Temimim in the book Michtavim MiChatzeros Kodsheinu: “The Rebbe called to his cheder Rabbi Moshe Talishevsky (1927-2013; “The Rebbe’s Chazan”) and gave him 70 $1 bills and 70 copies of the pamphlet Ahavas Yisrael to give to those who had participated in the new recording.”

Also the newspaper “Chadashot MiBeit Chayenu” has a lengthy description of Rav Talishevsky’s yechidus with the Rebbe, who gave him the pamphlets with blessings.

(Thanks to the website Mafte’ach L’Torat Adash on the precise information from Chassidim’s journals).