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Double Blessing, Tripled and Quadrupled, from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, for a Bayit Ne'eman B'Yisrael Illuminated by ...
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Double Blessing, Tripled and Quadrupled, from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, for a Bayit Ne'eman B'Yisrael Illuminated by the Light of Chassidism
"Letter of Mazal"
Letter loaded with blessings for mazal, mazal, mazal, mazal (this is not a typo), for the success of a shidduch and building an eternal home, from the Admo"r Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch. 4 Kislev, 1971. Brooklyn, New York. Extremely important letter.
The Rebbe opens his series of wonderful blessings with the double blessing "Mazal Tov, Mazal Tov." Doubling this blessing confers supernatural multiplicity, from the perspective of "He will give, return, and give again." But in this letter, in rare fashion, the Rebbe again repeats the blessing for mazal at the end: "With a blessing for Mazal Tov, Mazal Tov, M. Schneerson." Four (!) blessings for "Mazal Tov" signed by the Rebbe! Unlimited multiplicity multiplied by unlimited multiplicity of mazal!
The abstract and very sought-after concept "mazal" appears often in Torah literature, particularly in Kabbalistic literature. The gemara in Tractate Shabbat writes (156a) "Rabbi Chanina says that mazal grants wisdom and mazal grants wealth" and there are dozens of other places in Sha"s that discuss mazal. Across the entire Jewish world the ultimate blessing when sharing a simchah is "Mazal Tov." And there is the well-known statement by Baron Rothschild, that his financial success is 99% mazal and 1% brains, and if it were up to him, he would relinquish the 1% brains and take another percent of mazal ..."
This is a rare amulet signed by one of the unique tzaddikim of the generations, in which the Rebbe gives the immensely important blessing not once, not twice, and not even three times - but the Rebbe blesses "Mazal Tov" four times in this letter of mazal!
In the body of the letter, the Rebbe strengthens his blessings for the couple's success, materially, and spiritually: "May [the wedding] be at an auspicious and successful time, and may they build a true and eternal Jewish home on foundations of Torah and mitzvahs, illuminated by the light of Torah - that is, Chassidic doctrine.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the Admo"r Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
[1] leaf paper, 22 cm. Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery with the Rebbe's signature in the margins.
Very fine condition. Filing perforations.
