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In 1986, the court ruled in favor of Agudas Chassidei Chabad, and the ruling was upheld on appeal in 1987. Agudas Chassidei Chabad located and paid the various book collectors who had bought the books from Gurary and the volumes were returned to the library. In total, Agudas Chassidei Chabad paid $
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Gurary's grandfather, Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, collected a large library of Jewish texts, which included several hundred rare volumes. Gurary said he was entitled to a portion of the library and was supported in this by his mother and his grandfather's librarian, Rabbi Chaim Lieberman.
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Schneerson said that the volumes were not the "personal possession" of Gurary's grandfather, but the "communal property" of the Lubavitch Hasidim. This view was supported by a letter from Gurary's grandfather indicating that the books were the heritage of the entire Jewish community.
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Gurary said he had his mother's permission and the permission of his aunt, Menachem Mendel Schneerson's wife, to take the books. His aunt denied giving him permission. Schneerson demanded that the volumes be returned. When Gurary refused, also refusing Schneerson's summons to a
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Passover Haggadah from 1757 was sold for $ 69,000 to a Swiss book dealer who soon found a private buyer to pay nearly $ 150,000 for it. Gurary was observed on a security camera taking the books.
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During the court hearing, Gurary's mother supported him while his father supported Schneerson. Schneerson was not deposed, but his wife,
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Gurary's relationship with Schneerson was a source of friction within the family and the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic community.
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In 1984, Gurary entered the library and clandestinely removed some books which he sold to rare book dealers. One
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of the movement, while Shemaryahu Gurary, Barry Gurary's father, held the same positions he had in the past.
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Rebbe: the life and teachings of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the most influential Rabbi in modern history
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