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Lot 174

Letter by Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel Halberstam of Stropkov

Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel Halberstam, Stropkov, (1934).
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Halberstam (1873-1954), son and successor of Rebbe Rabbi Shalom Halberstam Av Beit Din of Stropkov. Lost his many descendants during the Holocaust. He himself escaped via Budapest and Switzerland and arrived in the U.S.A. Remnants of his Torah were printed in book Divrei Menachem (Jerusalem 1957).
Official stationery, 16.5 cm. Good-fair condition, creases and tears.