Lot 309
Interesting Letter from Rabbi Yisrael Nissan Kuperstoch Rabbi of Makova - Jaffa, 1926
Long letter (4 pages) handwritten and signed by R. Yisrael Nissan Kuperstoch Rabbi of Peshischa (Przysucha) and Makova (Maków Mazowiecki). Neve Shalom, Jaffa, Tammuz 1926.
The letter, sent to the wealthy R. David Potash, concerns the shechita system established with the encouragement of R. Yisrael Nissan, mentioning the involvement of the Rabbi of Ciechanów and of R. Y.Z. Soloveitchik, Rabbi of Brisk: "…And the Rabbi of Brisk who wrote the ruling in that copying is an outstanding Torah scholar, son of the famous R. Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk, son of the famed R. Yoshe Ber of Brisk".
R. Yisrael Nissan Kuperstoch (1858-1930) was a senior Chassidic rabbi in Poland. His first marriage was with the daughter of R. Reuven Yehuda (son-in-law of R. Shraga Feivel Danziger Rabbi of Grójec and Makova, who was the father of R. Yechiel, the first Rebbe of Aleksander). In his second marriage, he was the son-in-law of the rabbi of Kałuszyn, R. Shmuel Yaakov Koppel HaKohen Kligsberg (1858-1935), a descendant of the Chozeh of Lublin. Served in the rabbinate for over forty years in Peshischa, Różan and Makova. In 1925, he immigrated to Jerusalem, published his responsa Ani Ben Pachma and established the Aleksander Yismach Yisrael Yeshiva. He was among the prominent Aleksander Chassidim and exchanged a prolific correspondence with the Rebbe, author of Akedat Yitzchak, and his family. The correspondence contains names for prayer at holy sites and detailed reports of events that took place in the Aleksander court and within the Chassidic administration in Poland.
Double leaf (4 written pages). 20.5 cm. Good condition.
