An Israeli postage stamp honoring the Chabad Lubavitch movement is on sale now at the Everything Jewish store on Southwest Capitol Highway.
Rabbi Chayim Mishulovin said the store is selling the colorful stamps in packs of eight for $8.
The stamp depicts the red-brick façade of the Brooklyn house of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn. The rendering of the house, widely known by its street address of 770 Eastern Parkway, is accompanied by images of Shabbat candles and tefillin.
When the stamp was first issued earlier this year by the Israel Postal Authority, the Jerusalem Post published a story about the release that noted some controversy among the rigorously Orthodox over the propriety of issuing stamps in the memory of great rabbis.
The problem, according to the Post, was the fact that the back of the stamp has to be licked, which some considered an act of disrespect.
The Post article said that by showing 770 instead of Schneerson, the problem was obviated.
Everything Jewish also is selling a 5-inch-by-eight-inch full-color souvenir postcard depicting the stamp and including the Rebbe's signature superimposed over the stamp cancellation imprint on its day of issue. The card sells for $5.
The Everything Jewish store, which is located at 6684 SW Capitol Hwy., next to the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and across from the Portland Jewish Academy playing field, sells a variety of Judaica for all occasions.
Most days, Mishulovin is on the premises to answer questions about Jewish observance. He also can be reached by telephone at 503-977-9947 or go online at www.chabadoregon.com\giftshop.
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