Lot 550
A Letter by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Don-Yichya Rabbi of Chernihiv
A long and interesting letter by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Don-Yichya, Chernihiv, 1934. In a letter, which was mainly written in Drissa in 1923, Rabbi Yehuda Leib writes stories of wonders and divine providence about his father, and wonders that happened to him (dreams that were answers from Heaven etc.).
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Don-Yichya, (1869-1941) the author of Bechorei Yehuda, was a Chabad Chassid and a devoted disciple of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk of the Volozhin Yeshiva. He married the daughter of Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen of Vilna, the author of Cheshek Shlomo. He served in his father's rabbinate in Shklov and in Drissa. In 1925, he was appointed to the Chernigov rabbinate, and in 1936, he immigrated to Eretz Yisrael. His father, Rabbi Chaim Don-Yichya (1840-1913) was the Rabbi of the Chassidic Congregation in Shklov and in Drissa. He was the son of Rabbi Shabtai Rabbi of Drissa, and one of the greatest disciples of the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. (See attached material).
9 written pages. 20.5 cm. Good condition, stains. Signed with initials Y.L.
