Letter densely filled with blessings by Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Brooklyn, New York, [23 Cheshvan], 1960.
Scribal writing [probably his attendant R. Yosef Ashkenazi], on the Rebbe's official stationery: R. "Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Satmar and the region"; the letter is signed by the Rebbe, with a few words added in his handwriting.
Sent to R. Tzvi Pinchas HaKohen Moskowitz, a faithful disciple and an enthusiastic follower of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar. In his letter, the Rebbe blesses him: "…I pray for God to send His word and heal him fully and speedily, and may he return to his full strength and power and may the Kohen return to his service at full health, and may he succeed in all his physical and spiritual matters, and may only good and kindness reside in your tents, and may he merit to be a bearer of good tidings always, as is his heart's desire and that of his friend in heart and soul who seeks his welfare with much love, Yoel Teitelbaum".
Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar (1887-1979) was the youngest son of Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa, the Kedushat Yom Tov (1836-1904), and grandson of Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda, the Yitav Lev (1808-1883), who both served as rabbis of Sighet (Sighetu Marmației) and were leaders of Chassidic Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was renowned from his youth as a leading Torah scholar of his generation, for his perspicacity and intellectual capacities, as well as for his holiness and outstanding purity. At a young age, he was appointed rabbi of Irshava. In 1925, he was appointed rabbi of Karoly (Carei; in place of R. Shaul Brach who went to serve as rabbi of Kashoi), and in 1934, of Satmar (Satu Mare). In all the places he served as rabbi, he also maintained a large yeshiva and Chassidic court. He stood at the helm of the faithful, uncompromising Orthodox Jewry in the Maramureș region. He was one of the founding pillars of the Torah world in the generation following the Holocaust. After surviving the Holocaust, he emigrated to the United States, where he established the Satmar Chassidic community. He served as president of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and as leader of Orthodox Jewry in the United States and throughout the world. His writings were published in dozens of books: VaYoel Moshe, Responsa Divrei Yoel, Divrei Yoel on the Torah and more.
The recipient of the letter, R. Tzvi Pinchas HaKohen Moskowitz (1905-1979), a disciple of Rebbe Yoel of Satmar in his youth and son-in-law of R. Natan Neta Glick of Satmar. He headed a yeshiva in Halmeu. He immigrated to Eretz Israel before the Holocaust and settled in the Katemon neighborhood in Jerusalem. He founded a Beit Midrash for Satmar Chassidim in the city. During the Holocaust, he was one of the most vigorous in his efforts to save the Rebbe and attain a visa for him to immigrate to Eretz Israel, and he greeted the Rebbe on the ship when he reached Eretz Israel.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folds. Light wear. Inscriptions in pencil.
