Copper Dough Bowl Used by Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah (Wife of the Rashab) - With Letter of Authenticity by Her ...

Copper Dough Bowl Used by Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah (Wife of the Rashab) - With Letter of Authenticity by Her Granddaughter Rebbetzin Chana Gurary

Copper bowl used by Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah (wife of the Rashab) in Lubavitch for rising dough.
Letter of authenticity enclosed (handwritten note, in English), signed in Hebrew by Rebbetzin Chana Gurary (1899-1991), eldest daughter of Rebbe Rayatz, granddaughter of Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah: "I hereby gift... the copper dough bowl used by my grandmother Shterna Sarah. She had a wooden dough bowl to knead the challah [See previous item]. She also had this copper bowl she used so the dough would rise. From my earliest memory I remember this dough bowl". The letter is dated December 10, 1989.

Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah Schneersohn, wife of Rebbe Rashab and mother of Rebbe Rayatz. Born in 1860 to Rebbe Yosef Yitzchak of Ovruch, son of the Tzemach Tzedek. Her mother was the daughter of R. Yaakov Yisrael of Cherkasy, son-in-law of the Mitteler Rebbe. In 1865, she became engaged to the Rashab. The betrothal was celebrated in the home of the Tzemach Tzedek (the groom and bride were both five years old). The couple were wed ten years later, in 1875. She stood beside her husband and assisted him in all communal matters. She was very active in supporting the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva, and established an international women's organization in support of the students of the boys' schools of Lubavitch. In 1940, she escaped occupied Warsaw to the United States together with her only son Rebbe Rayatz. She passed away on 13th Shevat 1942, and was buried in New York. The Beit Sarah network of girls' schools was named after her.

14.5X32.5 cm. Good condition. Minor damage.