Chabad! Extremely rare! $2 bill received from the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1981.
$2 bills are uncommon, and are not usually found in daily commerce. While still being produced, they hold an extremely small market share, and are used mainly as novelty items and gifts.
Such a bill which was received from the Rebbe is most extremely rare. As well-known, the Rebbe usually gave out single Dollar bills. On some occasions he handed out a $5 bill, and on special occasions perhaps a $10 or $20 bill. However, $2 bills were almost never used during the distributions.
Background: After the Hisvaadus on 18 Elul, 5734 (Sep. 5, 1974), the Rebbe announced that he will be distributing Dollar bills to be used for Tzedakah, this in conjunction with the fact that the Rebbe was forced to stop accepting audiences for private Yechidus due to the sheer amount of petitioners, and began holding the ‘general Yechidus’ where the multitudes passed before the Rebbe to receive his blessing and perhaps a short inquiry. Over the years, the Rebbe began handing out a Dollar bill to each person, so as to credit them with the Mitzvah of Tzedakkah. The recipient would usually redeem the bill with a different one, which was given to charity, while the original was kept as a Segula for protection and blessing.
When asked why he specifically hands out money, the Rebbe explained that this is based on something his father-in-law, the Rebbe Rayatz, used to say often: “When two Jews meet, they must see to it that a third Jew should also have benefit from that.” The Rebbe wished to turn each of his meetings with people from a simple meeting to a mission of Mitzvah by giving the bill, or its replacement, to Tzedakah, thus making each person be a participant in a good deed towards a third person – the recipient of the charity.
Enclosed is an attestation from the original recipient of the bill from the Rebbe’s holy hands.
Very good condition.
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