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There is great importance to pictures and portraits of our Rebbes in Chabad Chassidus due to the great virtue in visualizing the face of the Rebbe, which can also be fulfilled through a picture. | There is great importance to pictures and portraits of our Rebbes in [[Chabad|Chabad Chassidus]] due to the great virtue in visualizing the face of the Rebbe, which can also be fulfilled through a picture. | ||
For some of our Rebbes, the Chabad Admorim, there are '''drawings or pictures''' that have reached us: the Alter Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek, the Rebbe Rashab, the Rebbe Rayatz, and the Rebbe. Of the Rebbe Maharash there is no clear drawing or picture (there are drawings attributed to him), but his face can be drawn based on the knowledge that he closely resembled his grandson, the Rebbe Rayatz. Of the Baal Shem Tov, the Maggid of Mezritch, and the Mitteler Rebbe, there is not even a conjecture regarding their facial features. | For some of our Rebbes, the Chabad Admorim, there are '''drawings or pictures''' that have reached us: the Alter Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek, the Rebbe Rashab, the Rebbe Rayatz, and the Rebbe. Of the Rebbe Maharash there is no clear drawing or picture (there are drawings attributed to him), but his face can be drawn based on the knowledge that he closely resembled his grandson, the Rebbe Rayatz. Of the Baal Shem Tov, the Maggid of Mezritch, and the Mitteler Rebbe, there is not even a conjecture regarding their facial features. | ||
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==== Proper Respect for Pictures of Our Rebbes ==== | ==== Proper Respect for Pictures of Our Rebbes ==== | ||
To the director of an institution who printed a page with the Rebbe Rayatz's picture at the top alongside two pictures of women who helped the institution, the Rebbe wrote a stern response disapproving of this and even wrote that "I have seen many shocking things - but I admit that this matter is first in 'greatness' among them." He instructed him to remove his name from all the letters and brochures of the institution. The Rebbe also instructed him to fast several times, then go to the Ohel of the Rebbe Rayatz to ask him for forgiveness and atonement, and to regularly study the maamarim of the Rebbe Rayatz until Rosh Hashanah. | To the director of an institution who printed a page with the Rebbe Rayatz's picture at the top alongside two pictures of women who helped the institution, the Rebbe wrote a stern response disapproving of this and even wrote that "I have seen many shocking things - but I admit that this matter is first in 'greatness' among them." He instructed him to remove his name from all the letters and brochures of the institution. The Rebbe also instructed him to fast several times, then go to the Ohel of the Rebbe Rayatz to ask him for forgiveness and atonement, and to regularly study the maamarim of the Rebbe Rayatz until Rosh Hashanah. | ||
[[File:מענה הרבי על כבוד תמונת הריי"ץ.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:מענה הרבי על כבוד תמונת הריי"ץ.jpg|thumb|The Rebbe's Response to an Institution Director who Printed an Appreciation Page for Women Who Helped the Institution with Their Photos, with the Photo of the Friedeker Rebbe at the Top, with Decipherment]] | ||
When it was proposed to issue a stamp with the picture of the Alter Rebbe, the Rebbe rejected the idea since the nature of a stamp is that the envelope on which it is affixed gets rolled around, in addition to the fact that people hit the stamp, which would cause disrespect to the picture of the Alter Rebbe. | When it was proposed to issue a stamp with the picture of the Alter Rebbe, the Rebbe rejected the idea since the nature of a stamp is that the envelope on which it is affixed gets rolled around, in addition to the fact that people hit the stamp, which would cause disrespect to the picture of the Alter Rebbe. | ||
== Drawing of the Baal Shem Tov == | == Drawing of the Baal Shem Tov == | ||
[[File:לא הבעש''ט.jpg|thumb|The famous portrait mistakenly attributed to the Baal Shem Tov]] | |||
[[File:לא הבעש''ט.jpg|thumb]] | |||
There is a famous picture attributed to the Baal Shem Tov, which was first distributed in 5663 (1903), but there is doubt about the authenticity of this attribution. The Rebbe said that this picture belongs to another Baal Shem who lived and worked in Deutschland (Germany, see below), not to the Baal Shem Tov. | There is a famous picture attributed to the Baal Shem Tov, which was first distributed in 5663 (1903), but there is doubt about the authenticity of this attribution. The Rebbe said that this picture belongs to another Baal Shem who lived and worked in Deutschland (Germany, see below), not to the Baal Shem Tov. | ||
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== Images of the Rebbe Rayatz == | == Images of the Rebbe Rayatz == | ||
[[File:ציור הרייצ.jpg|thumb|The Rebbe Rayatz's Photo That the Rebbe Described: "I Have Never Seen Its Equal"]] | |||
The Rebbe Rayatz, receiving American citizenship, raising his hand as a gesture of allegiance | The Rebbe Rayatz, receiving American citizenship, raising his hand as a gesture of allegiance | ||
[[File:קבלת אזרחות.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:קבלת אזרחות.jpg|thumb|The Rebbe Rayatz's citizenship ceremony]] | ||
The first photograph of the Rebbe Rayatz is from before his leadership period, in which he is seen wearing a suit and a kneitch hat. In the summer of 5751 (1991), a drawing of the Rebbe Rayatz's face from 5680 (1920) was sent to the Rebbe. The Rebbe thanked the sender and remarked that the drawing was likely made from memory, and that he especially enjoyed it since he had not been privileged to see images from this period in the life of the Rebbe Rayatz. | The first photograph of the Rebbe Rayatz is from before his leadership period, in which he is seen wearing a suit and a kneitch hat. In the summer of 5751 (1991), a drawing of the Rebbe Rayatz's face from 5680 (1920) was sent to the Rebbe. The Rebbe thanked the sender and remarked that the drawing was likely made from memory, and that he especially enjoyed it since he had not been privileged to see images from this period in the life of the Rebbe Rayatz. | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
* Pictures (and drawings) of our Rebbeim - collection of articles by Rabbi Mordechai Menashe Laufer | * [https://www.chabad.org.il/Magazines/Article.asp?CategoryID=667&ArticleID=1914&SearchParam=%FA%EE%E5%F0%E5%FA%20%E5%F6%E9%E5%F8%E9%20%F8%E1%E5%FA%E9%F0%E5%20%F0%F9%E9%E0%F0%E5 Pictures (and drawings) of our Rebbeim - collection of articles by Rabbi Mordechai Menashe Laufer] | ||
* Pictures and Drawings - about photographing the Rebbe in the early years, by Rabbi Mordechai Menashe Laufer | * Pictures and Drawings - about photographing the Rebbe in the early years, by Rabbi Mordechai Menashe Laufer | ||
* The Rebbe's attitude to photographing his pictures ** • ** Fascinating overview | * The Rebbe's attitude to photographing his pictures ** • ** Fascinating overview | ||
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* '''When the Rebbe explained: Why do Chassidim need pictures of the Rebbe?''' | * '''When the Rebbe explained: Why do Chassidim need pictures of the Rebbe?''' | ||
* '''Photographing the Rebbe? Not taken for granted. Depends who you are and why you're photographing''' | * '''Photographing the Rebbe? Not taken for granted. Depends who you are and why you're photographing''' | ||
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