Comments on: Experts Allege Forged Signature of Rebbe in Chabad Auction

By: compare them

compare them — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 11:15:20 +0000

It doesn’t even look like the Rebbe’s signature. The Mem is tiny, almost non existant, the shin is too big, and there’s not enough writing on the left.

By: Y.E.

Y.E. — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 22:44:50 +0000

The Rebbe himself wrote in a letter in 5734 In answer to someone that asked the Rebbe to sign a tehilin for him , and the Rebbe wrote that even though it is totally Never at all the minhag Beis harav (the chabad rebbes) to sign a tehilin, the Rebbe says that I will now go out of this minhag and sign a tehilin because it is a totally special request for that specific case the Rebbe writing to

For that letter is understood that this in 5734 was the first time the Rebbe signs a tehilin, and not earlier

This is the Rebbe holy words:

בנוגע לתכנית נסיעה לחו״ל – שלה ושל בעלה שי’ וכו’ – למשך זמן בכדי להרויח ממון לתשלום החובות וכו’

הנה הריוח הכספי בספק הוא, השקעת כסף מרץ וזמן ודאית היא

והעיקר הרושם – עליהם בעצמם ועוד יותר בסביבתם – שאנשים בסוגם ובגילם ושמונה דורות באה״ק “בורחים” לחו״ל וכו’

ודוקא במצב השורר עתה באה״ק שכאו״א זקוק לעידוד ולהרמת רוח ו״למה יאמרו הגוים״וכו’,

כל זה — לדעתי שולל התכנית בהחלט.

והזן ומפרנס לכל – הוא השם ית׳ – ימציא להם פרנסתם בארץ הקודש ובאופן כשר ומכובד, וזכות אבות מסייעת.

בתור יוצא לגמרי מן הנהוג בבית הרב – חתמתי בשער ס׳ התהלים המצורף, כיון שבאה הפני׳ אודות זה באופן בלתי רגיל לגמרי

(ממכתב ג׳ אדר ה׳תשל״ד)

By: Why not Kedem?

Why not Kedem? — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:17:11 +0000

In reply to Collector. they've sold plenty of fake stuff too

By: Moshe

Moshe — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 02:58:17 +0000

Auction houses are a great way to launder money and stolen goods – there have been several cases in recent years of people finding their letters from the Rebbe and other such things missing only to find it up for auction. There is very little one can do in such a case, as these auction houses, if they respond, often just send you a supposed psak din with a 10-page complication that asserts that they aren’t responsible.

By: maybe ask a graphologist

maybe ask a graphologist — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 02:53:03 +0000

It’s the hesitation in the signature that also makes it look off

By: Chaim

Chaim — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 02:27:55 +0000

People shouldn’t but anything from any Auction House because it encourages the theft & fabrication of those items!!!

By: Collector

Collector — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 23:33:11 +0000

As someone who buys many items in auctions. I can tell you that “Moreshet” is known to be the most unauthentic, with the biggest fraudulent items being sold.

If you have something fake to sell, use “Moreshet”.