Wine Decanter of Rebbe Rayatz – Used by the Rebbe on Seder Night 1940, Upon His Arrival in the United States – With ...

Wine Decanter of Rebbe Rayatz – Used by the Rebbe on Seder Night 1940, Upon His Arrival in the United States – With Letter of Authenticity Signed by Rebbetzin Chanah Gurary

Decanter which stood on the Seder table of Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn – Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch.
Glass, with foliate designs on the front.
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 glass wine decanter that my father used for pessach in 1940 before we moved to 770". Dated – 3rd September 1989.

The First Pesach of Rebbe Rayatz in the United States
When WWII broke out in 1939, Rebbe Rayatz, his mother Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah, his wife Rebbetzin Nechama Dina and his daughter Rebbetzin Chana and her husband, R. Shemaryahu Gurary were living in perilous conditions in German-occupied Warsaw. After several months of travail and wandering, on Tuesday 9th Adar II, the Rayatz and his family finally reached American shores. After a short reception at the port, the Rayatz arrived at his temporary quarters – Room 609 at the Greystone Hotel on Broadway and 91st Street in Manhattan NY.
Rebbe Rayatz celebrated his first Pesach in the US in Lakewood, NJ. On 8th Nissan, the Rayatz arrived in Lakewood, where he stayed in the home of Charles Paston.
According to the enclosed letter, the Rayatz used the present decanter on Pesach 1940, in the home of the philanthropist Charles Paston in the resort town of Lakewood.
The Rayatz and his family remained for close to a month in Lakewood, returning to New York on 7th Iyar 1940. On 19th Elul 1940, after some six months of temporary residence, the Rayatz and his family moved to their new home at 770 Eastern Parkway in the center of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. There, the Rayatz rebuilt the Chabad court and its institutions, heading them until his passing on 10th Shevat, 1950.

Maximal height (with lid): 39 cm. Good condition.