As described in detail, this walking stick was purchased for the Rebbe Rashab by Rabbi Shmuel Gourary in 1912.*
This walking stick was gifted to Rabbi Shaul Shimon Deutch by Mrs. Chana Gourary, September 12, 1989. – see the accompanying letter.
”Sep 12, 1989
I hereby gift to Shaul Shimon Deutsch the silver walking stick of the Rebbe Rashab- my grandfather. My father and mother gave it to me as a gift. Shmuel Gourary gave it to him-1912.
‘חנה גורארי
*In the Sefer Likkutei Deburim Volume II pages, 686-702 the Rebbe Rayatz recounts all the visitors who came to visit his father on Purim.
Harav Shmuel Gourary visited and he bought this silver walking stick as a Purim gift for the Rebbe Rashab.
An amazing piece of history.
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