Lot 459
Eleven Letters by Rabbi Avraham Chaim Danziger of Alexander
A bunch of letters handwritten and signed by Rabbi Avraham Chaim of Alexander, to his relative Rabbi Yisrael Nisan Kupershtoch Rabbi of Makova who immigrated to Jerusalem. Alexander, c. 1927-1930.
The content of the letters is very interesting: requests of prayer on behalf of the ill and various matters. Minute detail of the occurrences in the Alexander court, strong polemic letters regarding the controversy with the Gur Chassidut and Agudat Yisrael (partially about the management and distribution of the Kupat Ramban - Kollel Poland monies in Jerusalem), matters of the Alexander Yeshiva and the Yismach Yisrael Yeshiva in Jerusalem, etc.
Rabbi Avraham Chaim Danziger (1882?-1942), the younger brother of the Rebbe, author of Akedat Yitzchak of Alexander, a great Torah genius and lofty tzaddik, served as Rosh Yeshiva and head of the chain of the Beit Yisrael Yeshivot in Poland which he founded together with his brother the Rebbe in memory of their uncle the Rebbe, author of Yismach Yisrael. A public leader of Polish Jewry and with the implicit trust of his brother Rebbe Yitzchak Mendel he managed all matters of the large Chassidut that numbered tens of thousands of Chassidim. During the Holocaust, a clandestine minyan for prayer was held in his home in the Warsaw ghetto. He and his entire family were murdered in the Holocaust.
The recipient: Rabbi Yisrael Nisan Kupershtoch (1858-1930), son in law of the first Alexander Rebbe's sister. He served as Rabbi of Purzyce and Makova, immigrated to Jerusalem in 1925 where he established a branch of Alexander Yeshiva, see Item 299.
11 long letters, varied size and condition, 5 letters in good-fair condition and 6 letters damages with omissions.
