Lot 139
Letter by Rebbe Yeshaya Shapira "The Admor HaChalutz" – Upon the Immigration of the Rebbe of Drohobych to Eretz Israel
Letter by Rebbe Yeshaya Shapira, in honor of the Jerusalem Rabbinate office, Jerusalem 1921.
Confirmation concerning the immigration of Rebbe Avraham Ya'akov Shapira of Drohobych with his family from Vienna to Eretz Israel.
The "Admor HaChalutz" Rebbe Yeshaya Shapira (1895-1945), son of Rebbe Elimelech of Gradzisk and brother of the author of Chovat HaTalmidim ascended to Eretz Israel in 1920 and became very active in the Po'el Mizrachi settlement movement. He influenced the movement members with fear of Heaven in his warm Hassidic manner and was known by the name of the "Admor HaChalutz". In 1943, he realized his life's dream, to farm his own plot of land in Kfar Pines but the terrible tidings from Europe caused his early death in the home of his brother-in-law Rebbe Chanoch Bornstein of Sochatchev.
Rebbe Avraham Ya'akov Shapira (1884-1962), son of the Rebbe of Drohobych Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel Shapira. His mother was the daughter of Rebbe Ya'akov of Buhuşi. A great Torah scholar in revealed and hidden Torah, he left Torah writings for posterity. Immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1922 and settled in Kfar Hassidim in the Zevulun valley. After his father's death in 1924, he moved to Jerusalem to serve as rebbe. In his later years, he started to create drawings, [photographs of his artwork appeared in Kedem catalogue Auction 6 Item 31].
26 cm. Typewritten leaf, with his signature. Good-fair condition, file holes and wear.
