Lot 132
Letter from the Sochachov Rebbe – Rabbi David Bornstein
Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe David Bornstein, to Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Albinger of Warsaw. Tomashov, Tishrei 1920.
Letter of thanks and blessings on receiving the etrog, lulav and hadassim for the Succot festival.
Rebbe David Bornstein was born in 1876 in Nashelsk to his father, author of Shem M'Shmuel, son of the Avnei Nezer of Sochachov. At the age of 20, he was appointed as Rabbi of Vishogrod, where he led a yeshiva for young men. After World War I, served as rabbi in Tomashov and Zgirezh. With the passing of his father in 1926, he was appointed Rebbe and became one of the most prominent rebbes in Poland. He died in the Warsaw Ghetto in Kislev, 1942. all of his descendants perished in the Holocaust.
Postcard, 14 cm. Fair condition, ink stains and moisture.
