Letter on postcard, handwritten and signed by R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, from his tenure as Rabbi of Khust (about two years before he began his tenure as chief rabbi of the Edah HaCharedit in Jerusalem). Khust, Adar 1931.
Sent to his friend and disciple R. Naftali Krauss [of Prešov], whose son was a student of R. Yosef Tzvi's yeshiva (and apparently received an exemption from army duty). He guides his disciple to accept the yoke of heaven, and thanks him for sending wheat and wine for the upcoming holiday of Pesach, and he blesses him with children, life, sustenance and bountiful blessing, signing his name. In the margins of the letter, he adds a greeting for his children.
R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867-1948), prominent Hungarian Torah scholar. He served as rabbi of Galanta and Khust, where he also headed one of the largest and most prestigious yeshivot in Hungary. In 1933, he immigrated to Eretz Israel to succeed R. Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld as chief rabbi of the Edah HaCharedit in Jerusalem, and where he reestablished his yeshiva and delivered regular lectures. He had fatherly love for his thousands of disciples, as is also discernible in the present letter.
Official postcard of R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky. 14 cm. Good condition. Stains. Some wear.
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