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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Letter by Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi Av Beit Din of Konstantinograd, eldest son of Rabbi Ya'akov Emden, concerning the estate of his father, the Ya'avetz who died in Nissan 1776, and the argument of his family members with his father's widow, Rebbetzin Tzivia. [Konstantinograd, Volyně, today Krasnohrad, Ukraine), Kislev 1776].
Incomplete draft of the letter, handwritten (unsigned) by Rabbi Meir son of the Ya'avetz (enclosed is a photocopy of his handwriting for comparison from Beit Aharon and Yisrael, Compilation 24), with many additions which do not appear in the final version of the letter. The original letter was in the possession of Rabbi Zvi Horwitz Av Beit Din of Dresden, printed in the book Kitvei HaGe'onim (Pyetrykaw 1928, pp. 122-127), there he writes (Page 129) "I have in my possession a long response in his handwriting, to the Beit Din…concerning his father's estate. And in answer to this response…Rabbi Shaul, the Av Beit Din of Amsterdam wrote him his response which is printed in the book Mayim Chaim, Siman 35, and in Siman 36 the Gaon's reply.". Comparing this manuscript to the letter printed in the book Kitvei HaGe'onim, evidently this is the same letter with many revisions and a whole section (about 20 lines), not printed there and apparently not included in the version that was finally sent.
This section is peppered with sharp flowery phrases [as his father, the Ya'avetz was accustomed to writing], written to the members of the Beit Din regarding the part of the estate to be endowed to the widow.
Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi Av Beit Din of Konstantingrad (1717-1798) - eldest son of the Ya'avetz, born in Brody in 1717 and raised by his father who showered him with his Torah knowledge, wisdom and Yirat Shamayim (fear of Heaven). In his book Megillat Sefer, his father attested that he had "a fine, very quick swift mind". In 1737, he married the daughter of Rabbi Moshe Parness of Lissa [who was also father-in-law of Rabbi Shlomo Av Beit Din of Chelm, author of Merkevet HaMishne on the Rambam]. From c. 1743, he served as Av Beit Din of Konstantinograd (in the Poltava- Volyně region), and remained in that capacity for more than 40 years. He was a prominent Torah figure in the Volyně region and questions from all over the country were sent to him. His correspondence with the Ba'al Shem Tov and with his brother-in-law Rabbi Gershon of Kuty, who turned to him with a query which arose in the city of Medzhibozh is well-known (see Mayim Chaim Yoreh De'ah Siman 27, in which he responds to the Ba'al Shem Tov in flowery reverent language praising the wonders he performed and lauding his group of holy disciples. His approbations appear in various books, including the book Meir Netivim - Or Olam" by a disciple of the Ba'al Shem Tov, Rabbi Meir Margaliot. He and the Ba'al Shem Tov and his disciples mutually respected and revered one another. When the Ba'al Shem Tov visited Konstantinograd, he visited the rabbi in his home and declared that "he was going to meet the Aron HaKodesh". Initially, Rabbi Meir was opposed to the Ba'al Shem Tov but after an occurrence he became one his foremost admirers as is apparent in the letter cited above. Extraordinary stories are told about him in Chassidic sources, such as a revelation of Eliyahu the Prophet and the fear of the leading disciples of the Ba'al Shem tov in the presence of the awesome holiness of his soul (see enclosed material).
His sons-in-law are Rabbi Dov Berish Rappaport Av Beit Din of Medzhibozh and Rabbi Zvi Hirsh of Satanov who succeeded him in the Konstantinograd rabbinate. Among his descendants is the Rebbe, author of Divrei Chaim Av Beit Din of Sanz who was very proud of his relation to Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi.
Background of this letter: In his senior years, the Ya'avetz wed his niece Rebbetzin Tzivia who bore him a son and daughter. The son died in infancy, and he was left with only his daughter whom the Ya'avetz merited in marrying off in the last year of his life [to Rabbi Leibush son of her cousin Rabbi Shaul Av Beit Din of Amsterdam]. According to her ketubah and as stated in the testament drawn by the Ya'avetz, a monetary fund was allocated for providing for his widow. However, due to a drastic decrease in the interest rates at that time, these funds did not suffice for her livelihood. The sons of the Ya'avetz from his first marriage were dispersed in many countries and the Beit Din applied to them with a request to allot additional funds from the estate to provide for their father's widow. In this letter, Rabbi Meir attacks this request of giving provisions beyond those stated in the ketubah, and accused his father's widow [who was also his cousin, daughter of his uncle Rabbi Efraim of Brody], of alienating his sisters, the daughters of the first wife of the Ya'avetz. In response to this letter, Rabbi Meir received a letter from his cousin and mechutan Rabbi Shaul, Rabbi of Amsterdam [printed in the Mayim Chaim responsa, Zhitomir, 1857, Even HaEzer Siman 35], in which he justifies the request and expounds upon the widow's difficulties. Rabbi Meir replied with an apology for his sharp rejoinder [see ibid. Siman 36].
[2] pages, 21 cm. Fair condition, wear damages affecting text.
Incomplete draft of the letter, handwritten (unsigned) by Rabbi Meir son of the Ya'avetz (enclosed is a photocopy of his handwriting for comparison from Beit Aharon and Yisrael, Compilation 24), with many additions which do not appear in the final version of the letter. The original letter was in the possession of Rabbi Zvi Horwitz Av Beit Din of Dresden, printed in the book Kitvei HaGe'onim (Pyetrykaw 1928, pp. 122-127), there he writes (Page 129) "I have in my possession a long response in his handwriting, to the Beit Din…concerning his father's estate. And in answer to this response…Rabbi Shaul, the Av Beit Din of Amsterdam wrote him his response which is printed in the book Mayim Chaim, Siman 35, and in Siman 36 the Gaon's reply.". Comparing this manuscript to the letter printed in the book Kitvei HaGe'onim, evidently this is the same letter with many revisions and a whole section (about 20 lines), not printed there and apparently not included in the version that was finally sent.
This section is peppered with sharp flowery phrases [as his father, the Ya'avetz was accustomed to writing], written to the members of the Beit Din regarding the part of the estate to be endowed to the widow.
Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi Av Beit Din of Konstantingrad (1717-1798) - eldest son of the Ya'avetz, born in Brody in 1717 and raised by his father who showered him with his Torah knowledge, wisdom and Yirat Shamayim (fear of Heaven). In his book Megillat Sefer, his father attested that he had "a fine, very quick swift mind". In 1737, he married the daughter of Rabbi Moshe Parness of Lissa [who was also father-in-law of Rabbi Shlomo Av Beit Din of Chelm, author of Merkevet HaMishne on the Rambam]. From c. 1743, he served as Av Beit Din of Konstantinograd (in the Poltava- Volyně region), and remained in that capacity for more than 40 years. He was a prominent Torah figure in the Volyně region and questions from all over the country were sent to him. His correspondence with the Ba'al Shem Tov and with his brother-in-law Rabbi Gershon of Kuty, who turned to him with a query which arose in the city of Medzhibozh is well-known (see Mayim Chaim Yoreh De'ah Siman 27, in which he responds to the Ba'al Shem Tov in flowery reverent language praising the wonders he performed and lauding his group of holy disciples. His approbations appear in various books, including the book Meir Netivim - Or Olam" by a disciple of the Ba'al Shem Tov, Rabbi Meir Margaliot. He and the Ba'al Shem Tov and his disciples mutually respected and revered one another. When the Ba'al Shem Tov visited Konstantinograd, he visited the rabbi in his home and declared that "he was going to meet the Aron HaKodesh". Initially, Rabbi Meir was opposed to the Ba'al Shem Tov but after an occurrence he became one his foremost admirers as is apparent in the letter cited above. Extraordinary stories are told about him in Chassidic sources, such as a revelation of Eliyahu the Prophet and the fear of the leading disciples of the Ba'al Shem tov in the presence of the awesome holiness of his soul (see enclosed material).
His sons-in-law are Rabbi Dov Berish Rappaport Av Beit Din of Medzhibozh and Rabbi Zvi Hirsh of Satanov who succeeded him in the Konstantinograd rabbinate. Among his descendants is the Rebbe, author of Divrei Chaim Av Beit Din of Sanz who was very proud of his relation to Rabbi Meir Ashkenazi.
Background of this letter: In his senior years, the Ya'avetz wed his niece Rebbetzin Tzivia who bore him a son and daughter. The son died in infancy, and he was left with only his daughter whom the Ya'avetz merited in marrying off in the last year of his life [to Rabbi Leibush son of her cousin Rabbi Shaul Av Beit Din of Amsterdam]. According to her ketubah and as stated in the testament drawn by the Ya'avetz, a monetary fund was allocated for providing for his widow. However, due to a drastic decrease in the interest rates at that time, these funds did not suffice for her livelihood. The sons of the Ya'avetz from his first marriage were dispersed in many countries and the Beit Din applied to them with a request to allot additional funds from the estate to provide for their father's widow. In this letter, Rabbi Meir attacks this request of giving provisions beyond those stated in the ketubah, and accused his father's widow [who was also his cousin, daughter of his uncle Rabbi Efraim of Brody], of alienating his sisters, the daughters of the first wife of the Ya'avetz. In response to this letter, Rabbi Meir received a letter from his cousin and mechutan Rabbi Shaul, Rabbi of Amsterdam [printed in the Mayim Chaim responsa, Zhitomir, 1857, Even HaEzer Siman 35], in which he justifies the request and expounds upon the widow's difficulties. Rabbi Meir replied with an apology for his sharp rejoinder [see ibid. Siman 36].
[2] pages, 21 cm. Fair condition, wear damages affecting text.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,375
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Talmud Yerushalmi (forged), Seder Kodshim, with Cheshek Shlomo commentary by the publisher Shlomo Ye'udah, son of the Maharam the Sephardi, known as Friedlander. Part 1 - Zevachim-Arachin, Part 2 - Chulin-Bechorot, Seini, 1907-1909.
Ownership stamps of the "Library of the great Torah scholar R' Moshe Shimon son of R' Yechezkel Zivitz Ra'avad of Pittsburg…died the 11th of Sivan 1936". Many penciled glosses in his handwriting, in some he mentions his book Mashbiach on the Talmud Yerushalmi.
Rabbi Moshe Shimon Sivitz (1851-1936), an outstanding Torah scholar, one of the senior US rabbis, thoroughly studied the Talmud Yerushalmi and authored several books. Born in Lithuania, he was one of the foremost disciples of Rabbi Eliezer Gordon of Telz. In 1882, he was appointed Rabbi of the city of Pikeliai (Lithuania). In 1884, he immigrated to the US, served two years as rabbi in Baltimore and later moved to Pittsburg where he served as Av Beit Din, a position he held for 50 years. He was renowned as one of the leading rabbis in the USA.
Particularly interesting are the glosses on these books of Yerushalmi Kodshim in which at times, he seems to believe that these books were indeed the lost Yerushalmi Talmud on Seder Kodshim, yet in others, he seems to be hesitant in this assertion. In his book Mashbiach, he also seems to doubt the authenticity of the Yerushalmi Kodshim (see for example: Mashbiach, Part 1, Tractate Challah, p. 14).
For additional information regarding the forgery and forger see Kedem catalogue, Auction 8 Item 137; Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, Record 0308377.
This copy contains a sample facsimile of the "manuscript" on the verso of the first title page of Part 1. It also contains the Yerushalmi on the entire Tractate Arachin while the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book lists only the first page of this tractate.
Two volumes: [8], 100 leaves; [10], 78; [1], 47 leaves. 33-35 cm. Condition varies, good-fair. Worn bindings.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
Ownership stamps of the "Library of the great Torah scholar R' Moshe Shimon son of R' Yechezkel Zivitz Ra'avad of Pittsburg…died the 11th of Sivan 1936". Many penciled glosses in his handwriting, in some he mentions his book Mashbiach on the Talmud Yerushalmi.
Rabbi Moshe Shimon Sivitz (1851-1936), an outstanding Torah scholar, one of the senior US rabbis, thoroughly studied the Talmud Yerushalmi and authored several books. Born in Lithuania, he was one of the foremost disciples of Rabbi Eliezer Gordon of Telz. In 1882, he was appointed Rabbi of the city of Pikeliai (Lithuania). In 1884, he immigrated to the US, served two years as rabbi in Baltimore and later moved to Pittsburg where he served as Av Beit Din, a position he held for 50 years. He was renowned as one of the leading rabbis in the USA.
Particularly interesting are the glosses on these books of Yerushalmi Kodshim in which at times, he seems to believe that these books were indeed the lost Yerushalmi Talmud on Seder Kodshim, yet in others, he seems to be hesitant in this assertion. In his book Mashbiach, he also seems to doubt the authenticity of the Yerushalmi Kodshim (see for example: Mashbiach, Part 1, Tractate Challah, p. 14).
For additional information regarding the forgery and forger see Kedem catalogue, Auction 8 Item 137; Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, Record 0308377.
This copy contains a sample facsimile of the "manuscript" on the verso of the first title page of Part 1. It also contains the Yerushalmi on the entire Tractate Arachin while the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book lists only the first page of this tractate.
Two volumes: [8], 100 leaves; [10], 78; [1], 47 leaves. 33-35 cm. Condition varies, good-fair. Worn bindings.
Provenance: The Sassoon family collection.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Emek Beracha, expounding upon matters relating to cherem (bans), its force, authority, conditions of use, etc. by Rabbi David Ish-Shalom (Fried-man) Av Beit Din of Karlin. With Kuntress Karnei Re'em and a foreword containing comments and glosses by Rabbi Yechiel Michel Pines. Jerusalem, 1881-1882.
Halachic clarifications of the laws of cherem. Printed in response to a cherem imposed by Jerusalem Torah scholars upon his brother-in-law, Rabbi Yechiel Michel Pines, who was a Torah scholar affiliated with the Haskalah movement.
Many handwritten glosses on the foreword of Rabbi Michel Pines by his brother-in-law, the author, Rabbi David of Karlin, most in square script [written by his scribe Rabbi Shmuel Noach Gotlieb], some in the handwriting of the author Rabbi David of Karlin.
After a number of copies of the book arrived in Russia from Jerusalem, the author, Rabbi David of Karlin saw the foreword by his brother-in-law, the publisher R' Michel Pines, regarding which he had severe doubts. Rabbi David proofread the book time after time and had his scribe Rabbi Gotlieb copy the comments of all the copies in his possession to assure that he does not produce a defective version. Some of the comments were printed by Rabbi Bezalel Devlitzky in the anthology Beit Aharon V'Yisrael, (Issue 122, Year 21, p. 180). Another part was published in the article by Rabbi Eitan Henkin in the Yeshurun compilation (Vol. 24, pp. 144-151).
The handwritten glosses vary from copy to copy. Apparently, after they were copied by Rabbi Shmuel Noach Gotlieb to another copy, Rabbi David reviewed the glosses and added and edited the comments. In the next copy, the scribe copied the glosses with the additions and corrections to a third copy, after which Rabbi David revised the new copy. According to our research, this is a later copy with revisions and additional glosses which do not appear in the two above publications. Two of the additional glosses are in the handwriting of Rabbi David of Karlin.
[1], 12, 15, 14 leaves. 23 cm. Dry paper. Good condition. Small tears. Old binding. Bookplate from 1947 [with a portrait of Rabbi David Friedman of Karlin studying Torah, according to the renowned portrait drawn by Lilien. For further information about this portrait called Me'or HaGolah, see the blog Notrikon, Oct. 2011, the article "Lilien Draws Rabbis"].
S. HaLevi, no. 377.
Halachic clarifications of the laws of cherem. Printed in response to a cherem imposed by Jerusalem Torah scholars upon his brother-in-law, Rabbi Yechiel Michel Pines, who was a Torah scholar affiliated with the Haskalah movement.
Many handwritten glosses on the foreword of Rabbi Michel Pines by his brother-in-law, the author, Rabbi David of Karlin, most in square script [written by his scribe Rabbi Shmuel Noach Gotlieb], some in the handwriting of the author Rabbi David of Karlin.
After a number of copies of the book arrived in Russia from Jerusalem, the author, Rabbi David of Karlin saw the foreword by his brother-in-law, the publisher R' Michel Pines, regarding which he had severe doubts. Rabbi David proofread the book time after time and had his scribe Rabbi Gotlieb copy the comments of all the copies in his possession to assure that he does not produce a defective version. Some of the comments were printed by Rabbi Bezalel Devlitzky in the anthology Beit Aharon V'Yisrael, (Issue 122, Year 21, p. 180). Another part was published in the article by Rabbi Eitan Henkin in the Yeshurun compilation (Vol. 24, pp. 144-151).
The handwritten glosses vary from copy to copy. Apparently, after they were copied by Rabbi Shmuel Noach Gotlieb to another copy, Rabbi David reviewed the glosses and added and edited the comments. In the next copy, the scribe copied the glosses with the additions and corrections to a third copy, after which Rabbi David revised the new copy. According to our research, this is a later copy with revisions and additional glosses which do not appear in the two above publications. Two of the additional glosses are in the handwriting of Rabbi David of Karlin.
[1], 12, 15, 14 leaves. 23 cm. Dry paper. Good condition. Small tears. Old binding. Bookplate from 1947 [with a portrait of Rabbi David Friedman of Karlin studying Torah, according to the renowned portrait drawn by Lilien. For further information about this portrait called Me'or HaGolah, see the blog Notrikon, Oct. 2011, the article "Lilien Draws Rabbis"].
S. HaLevi, no. 377.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
July 11, 2016
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Manuscript, copy of six letters of responsa by senior important rabbis in Moldova-Romania, to the leaders of the Focșani community (Moldova). 1902.
The letter discusses the dismissal of a Posek that thwarted his powers and wrote invalid Gittin thereby causing public transgression. Copy of long letters of responsa by the following rabbis: Rabbi Chaim Toibesh Av Beit Din of Botoșani, [author of Chaim shel Shalom]; Rabbi Shabtai Segal Av Beit Din of Buhusi (Moldova), [author of the Rashbid responsa]; Rabbi David [Isaacson] Av Beit Din of Roman; Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Barzis, Av Beit Din of Ploiești; Rabbi Alexander Toibesh Av Beit Din of Vaslui; Rabbi Shimshon Tenin Av Beit Din of Bârlad (Romania), [author of Ziv HaShemesh].
28 written pages + blank pages and pages with other notes about various matters, 10.5 cm. Approximately 18 lines per page. Good-fair condition. Wear.
The letter discusses the dismissal of a Posek that thwarted his powers and wrote invalid Gittin thereby causing public transgression. Copy of long letters of responsa by the following rabbis: Rabbi Chaim Toibesh Av Beit Din of Botoșani, [author of Chaim shel Shalom]; Rabbi Shabtai Segal Av Beit Din of Buhusi (Moldova), [author of the Rashbid responsa]; Rabbi David [Isaacson] Av Beit Din of Roman; Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Barzis, Av Beit Din of Ploiești; Rabbi Alexander Toibesh Av Beit Din of Vaslui; Rabbi Shimshon Tenin Av Beit Din of Bârlad (Romania), [author of Ziv HaShemesh].
28 written pages + blank pages and pages with other notes about various matters, 10.5 cm. Approximately 18 lines per page. Good-fair condition. Wear.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
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A large varied collection of printed proclamations and leaves. Subjects: elections, etrogim, various polemics including polemic of Rabbi Kook, spreading information about the Holocaust in Europe, etc. Jerusalem, Jaffa, and various countries. [The first half of the 20th century. Most of the proclamations are from the 1920s].
Partial list of the proclamations: · Advertisement of trade of etrogim [from Corfu], Trieste, 1895. · Proclamations from the time of the organization of communities in Eretz Israel. Jerusalem, beginning of the 1920s. · Notice of elections in the Petach Tikva settlement. Jaffa, 1920. · Letter of peace and truth. Bardejov, 1922. Two copies. · Notices about etrogim, shechita and religious practice. · Proclamation with photos of "Leading cantors and conductors... who died". Published by "The editorial of the ‘world of cantors' Warsaw Tlomtzka 7". [1910s, after 1911]. · Proclamation regarding the arrangements in anticipation of the visit of the Rebbe author of Minchat Eliezer of Mukacheve to Eretz Israel. Alexandria, [1930]. · Many more proclamations and notices.
40 printed-items, varied size and condition. Some with Beit Din and community stamps.
Partial list of the proclamations: · Advertisement of trade of etrogim [from Corfu], Trieste, 1895. · Proclamations from the time of the organization of communities in Eretz Israel. Jerusalem, beginning of the 1920s. · Notice of elections in the Petach Tikva settlement. Jaffa, 1920. · Letter of peace and truth. Bardejov, 1922. Two copies. · Notices about etrogim, shechita and religious practice. · Proclamation with photos of "Leading cantors and conductors... who died". Published by "The editorial of the ‘world of cantors' Warsaw Tlomtzka 7". [1910s, after 1911]. · Proclamation regarding the arrangements in anticipation of the visit of the Rebbe author of Minchat Eliezer of Mukacheve to Eretz Israel. Alexandria, [1930]. · Many more proclamations and notices.
40 printed-items, varied size and condition. Some with Beit Din and community stamps.
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![A long, interesting, letter by Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, head of the Mir Yeshiva [Vilna]. Adar, 1940.
Sent to Bnei Brak t](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/333_1.jpg "Letter from Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, to the Chazon Ish - Regarding")
![A long, interesting, letter by Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, head of the Mir Yeshiva [Vilna]. Adar, 1940.
Sent to Bnei Brak t](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale51a-public/333_2.jpg "Letter from Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, to the Chazon Ish - Regarding")
Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
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A long, interesting, letter by Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, head of the Mir Yeshiva [Vilna]. Adar, 1940.
Sent to Bnei Brak to the Chazon Ish. In the letter, Rabbi Finkel relates the state of the yeshiva that "Our Father in Heaven in his great compassion has saved us from the great inferno that consumed our former place and showed us the way to rescue the She'erit HaPleita of the holy Torah. Together with all the yeshivas, we came to Lithuania, with us are about 300 dear Torah students who continue their study of the holy Torah and growth in holiness". In the rest of the letter, he tells of the exile of the yeshiva to Kėdainiai and of the attempts to replant the yeshiva in the USA or in Eretz Israel. He explains his opinion that the yeshiva should move to Eretz Israel and not to the USA, "because this is not our will and aspiration to move the yeshiva to the US, because this is not at all a continuation of what we call a yeshiva…and this will not save the Torah".
With the outbreak of World War II, Rabbi Chaim Ozer instructed all the yeshivot in Lithuania to come to Vilna which was at that time under the provisional government of independent Lithuania. In the autumn of 1939, at the eruption of World War II, the Mir Yeshiva fled to Vilna and following the Russian occupation in the spring of 1940, it relocated to Kėdainiai in Northern-Lithuania. It then branched into four surrounding villages: Krekenava, Šėta, Kriukai and Ramygala. With the advance of the German occupation, the yeshiva was miraculously saved traveling the trans-Siberia train, then in dilapidated ships to Kobe, Japan and from there to Shanghai, China. The yeshiva remained in Shanghai for six years led by the mashgiach Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein and the Rosh Metivta Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz while the head of the yeshiva, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel moved to Jerusalem and re-established the Mir Yeshiva without success in bringing his students with him to Jerusalem.
Official stationery, 28 cm. [2] typewritten pages, signed by Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel. Fair condition. Wear and stains.
On Page [2] is a "kvittel" in the handwriting of the Chazon Ish with the name of a person who needs prayers and blessing.
Sent to Bnei Brak to the Chazon Ish. In the letter, Rabbi Finkel relates the state of the yeshiva that "Our Father in Heaven in his great compassion has saved us from the great inferno that consumed our former place and showed us the way to rescue the She'erit HaPleita of the holy Torah. Together with all the yeshivas, we came to Lithuania, with us are about 300 dear Torah students who continue their study of the holy Torah and growth in holiness". In the rest of the letter, he tells of the exile of the yeshiva to Kėdainiai and of the attempts to replant the yeshiva in the USA or in Eretz Israel. He explains his opinion that the yeshiva should move to Eretz Israel and not to the USA, "because this is not our will and aspiration to move the yeshiva to the US, because this is not at all a continuation of what we call a yeshiva…and this will not save the Torah".
With the outbreak of World War II, Rabbi Chaim Ozer instructed all the yeshivot in Lithuania to come to Vilna which was at that time under the provisional government of independent Lithuania. In the autumn of 1939, at the eruption of World War II, the Mir Yeshiva fled to Vilna and following the Russian occupation in the spring of 1940, it relocated to Kėdainiai in Northern-Lithuania. It then branched into four surrounding villages: Krekenava, Šėta, Kriukai and Ramygala. With the advance of the German occupation, the yeshiva was miraculously saved traveling the trans-Siberia train, then in dilapidated ships to Kobe, Japan and from there to Shanghai, China. The yeshiva remained in Shanghai for six years led by the mashgiach Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein and the Rosh Metivta Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz while the head of the yeshiva, Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel moved to Jerusalem and re-established the Mir Yeshiva without success in bringing his students with him to Jerusalem.
Official stationery, 28 cm. [2] typewritten pages, signed by Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel. Fair condition. Wear and stains.
On Page [2] is a "kvittel" in the handwriting of the Chazon Ish with the name of a person who needs prayers and blessing.
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Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
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Long, interesting autograph letter signed by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch, sent from Telz to Jerusalem in the course of World War II, to his uncle and mechutan Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin. Telz, [Shevat 1941].
At the peak of those horrific times, Rabbi Baruch Sorotzkin [son of Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin] married his relative Rebbetzin Rachel, daughter of his cousin Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch [Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin and his uncle Rabbi Y.L. Bloch were both sons-in-law of the founder of the yeshiva, Rabbi Eliezer Gordon]. Immediately following their marriage, the couple embarked on the journey from war-torn Lithuania to the US via Siberia and Japan.
Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch wrote to his uncle: "Our dear children have left Kovno on Wednesday and today I have received a telegram from the capital city [Moscow?] that they have arrived safely…we have decided that they should travel through the east because we have received notice that they have received immigration affidavits to enter the US…". Further in the letter he writes of various rescue efforts for attaining visas and travel permits for the yeshiva students and their families.
Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch (1890-1941), Av Beit Din of Telz and head of the Telz Yeshiva. Third generation of deans of the Telz Yeshiva, second son of the author of Shi'urei Da'at, Rabbi Yosef Leib Bloch, and grandson of Rabbi Eliezer Gordon, the yeshiva's founder. From his youth, he was renowned for his exceptional talent and in-depth study. In 1920, at the age of 30, he was appointed head lecturer and head of yeshiva [in the lifetime of his father], and after the death of his father in Cheshvan 1929, he was appointed head of yeshiva and his father's successor in the city rabbinate. After the Nazi conquest in the summer of 1941, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak was brutally murdered by the Nazis near Telz, together with hundreds of the yeshiva's students and their rabbi and with most of his family and community.
Some of his novellae were published in the book Chiddushei Rabbeinu R' A.Y. of Telz. In the introduction to the book, he is described as "a Torah teacher who merited fame in his own generation by his amazing discourses which displayed comprehension and depth of Torah knowledge".
Of all his children, only three daughters survived the Holocaust. One was Rebbetzin Rachel Sorotzkin, wife of Rabbi Baruch Sorotzkin who was appointed to head the Telz Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio in the US.
Official stationery, 2 written pages, 28.5 cm. Good-fair condition, wear, filing holes and small tears.
At the peak of those horrific times, Rabbi Baruch Sorotzkin [son of Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin] married his relative Rebbetzin Rachel, daughter of his cousin Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch [Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin and his uncle Rabbi Y.L. Bloch were both sons-in-law of the founder of the yeshiva, Rabbi Eliezer Gordon]. Immediately following their marriage, the couple embarked on the journey from war-torn Lithuania to the US via Siberia and Japan.
Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch wrote to his uncle: "Our dear children have left Kovno on Wednesday and today I have received a telegram from the capital city [Moscow?] that they have arrived safely…we have decided that they should travel through the east because we have received notice that they have received immigration affidavits to enter the US…". Further in the letter he writes of various rescue efforts for attaining visas and travel permits for the yeshiva students and their families.
Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch (1890-1941), Av Beit Din of Telz and head of the Telz Yeshiva. Third generation of deans of the Telz Yeshiva, second son of the author of Shi'urei Da'at, Rabbi Yosef Leib Bloch, and grandson of Rabbi Eliezer Gordon, the yeshiva's founder. From his youth, he was renowned for his exceptional talent and in-depth study. In 1920, at the age of 30, he was appointed head lecturer and head of yeshiva [in the lifetime of his father], and after the death of his father in Cheshvan 1929, he was appointed head of yeshiva and his father's successor in the city rabbinate. After the Nazi conquest in the summer of 1941, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak was brutally murdered by the Nazis near Telz, together with hundreds of the yeshiva's students and their rabbi and with most of his family and community.
Some of his novellae were published in the book Chiddushei Rabbeinu R' A.Y. of Telz. In the introduction to the book, he is described as "a Torah teacher who merited fame in his own generation by his amazing discourses which displayed comprehension and depth of Torah knowledge".
Of all his children, only three daughters survived the Holocaust. One was Rebbetzin Rachel Sorotzkin, wife of Rabbi Baruch Sorotzkin who was appointed to head the Telz Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio in the US.
Official stationery, 2 written pages, 28.5 cm. Good-fair condition, wear, filing holes and small tears.
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Letter sent from Telz to Jerusalem, in the course of World War II, to Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin, signed by three students of the Charedi Seminary for Teachers in the city, with a request to arrange immigration certificates. On the second page is another letter (12 lines) handwritten and signed by Rabbi Zalman Bloch. Telz, [winter of 1941].
The students of the Charedi Seminary for Teachers write that they remain the last seven students at the educator's institute in Telz. They request that Rabbi Sorotzkin rescue them and fulfill the mitzvah of "redemption of captives", since they too are Torah students who strive to "dedicate our strength to charedi education".
In the interesting letter written by Rabbi Zalman Bloch to his uncle Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin concerning the difficult situation in which "we are engaged and occupied with rescuing the yeshiva students". He sends him regards from Rabbi Zalman's son Rabbi Baruch Sorotzkin [later head of the Telz Yeshiva in the US], who in those troubled days wed the daughter of his cousin Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch and immediately fled Lithuania to the US via Siberia and Japan (see previous item): "I will use this opportunity to bless…the lofty head of the yeshiva and our dear aunt Rebbetzin Miriam upon the marriage of their dear son, our beloved Baruch. Today I have returned from Vilna, and have accompanied them on their successful journey… Also my brother and sister-in-law were in Kovno. G-d should bless them with success in all their endeavors…".
Rabbi Zalman Bloch (1886-1941), son of the head of the Telz Yeshiva Rabbi Yosef Leib Bloch, served as mashgiach of the yeshiva. [His father, Rabbi Y.L. Bloch and his uncle Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin were the sons-in-law of the founder of the yeshiva, Rabbi Eliezer Gordon]. He perished in the Holocaust in Tamuz 1941, with most of his family, rabbis and student body of the yeshiva, who were brutally murdered by the Germans at the occupation of Lithuania. His daughter, wife of Rabbi Mordechai Gifter who later headed the Telz Yeshiva in the US, survived.
3 pages, 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and filing holes.
The students of the Charedi Seminary for Teachers write that they remain the last seven students at the educator's institute in Telz. They request that Rabbi Sorotzkin rescue them and fulfill the mitzvah of "redemption of captives", since they too are Torah students who strive to "dedicate our strength to charedi education".
In the interesting letter written by Rabbi Zalman Bloch to his uncle Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin concerning the difficult situation in which "we are engaged and occupied with rescuing the yeshiva students". He sends him regards from Rabbi Zalman's son Rabbi Baruch Sorotzkin [later head of the Telz Yeshiva in the US], who in those troubled days wed the daughter of his cousin Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch and immediately fled Lithuania to the US via Siberia and Japan (see previous item): "I will use this opportunity to bless…the lofty head of the yeshiva and our dear aunt Rebbetzin Miriam upon the marriage of their dear son, our beloved Baruch. Today I have returned from Vilna, and have accompanied them on their successful journey… Also my brother and sister-in-law were in Kovno. G-d should bless them with success in all their endeavors…".
Rabbi Zalman Bloch (1886-1941), son of the head of the Telz Yeshiva Rabbi Yosef Leib Bloch, served as mashgiach of the yeshiva. [His father, Rabbi Y.L. Bloch and his uncle Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin were the sons-in-law of the founder of the yeshiva, Rabbi Eliezer Gordon]. He perished in the Holocaust in Tamuz 1941, with most of his family, rabbis and student body of the yeshiva, who were brutally murdered by the Germans at the occupation of Lithuania. His daughter, wife of Rabbi Mordechai Gifter who later headed the Telz Yeshiva in the US, survived.
3 pages, 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and filing holes.
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Long letter (3 leaves) by Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch and Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Katz. Yokohama, Japan, Tishrei 1940.
Sent on their way to the US, to Rabbi Moshe Blau, head of Agudat Yisrael in Jerusalem: "For over a month, we are staying in the port city of Japan, Yokohama. We are among the first survivors and arrived here with an American tourist visa. Naturally, we are considered community delegates to transmit to our brethren [information] about the situation of the Jewish people…". Further in the detailed letter, they describe the destruction of the European and Lithuanian communities ravaged by war and write about the difficult situation and the Russian occupation of Lithuania. [This letter was written before the Nazi invasion of Lithuania in the summer of 1941]. They write about the heads of the Telz Yeshiva and of the students who do not know if they will succeed leaving Japan [in the end, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch and most of the yeshiva students were murdered by the Nazis, and some were exiled to Siberia].
Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch (1895-1955), son Rabbi Yosef Leib Bloch served for 12 years as head of the Telz Yeshiva in Lithuania in the lifetime of his father [from 1928]. In 1940, two heads of the Telz Yeshiva in Lithuania, Rabbi E. M. Bloch and Rabbi C. M. Katz left on the perilous journey via Siberia and Japan to the US to try to rescue their wives and children and the yeshiva students and their families who remained in the war-ravaged city of Telz. Upon their arrival in the US, they decided to found a new yeshiva on US soil. In Cheshvan 1941, they established the Telz Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio. Until 1945, they were not informed of the details of the destruction and horrific annihilation. Only after the war, they discovered that most of the rabbis and students of the yeshiva and their families were brutally murdered at the time Lithuania was occupied by the Germans. However, Telz Torah was saved by their tremendous efforts to strengthen and glorify the Torah.
Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Katz (1894-1964), son-in-law of R' Y. L. Bloch was known from his youth as an outstanding Torah prodigy. He headed the kollel in the city of Telz and after the Holocaust founded and headed the Telz Yeshivas in Cleveland and in Chicago.
3 leaves, 22.5 cm. (Stationery of "Centre Hotel - Yokohama"). Good condition. Filing holes. Few tears and wear.
Sent on their way to the US, to Rabbi Moshe Blau, head of Agudat Yisrael in Jerusalem: "For over a month, we are staying in the port city of Japan, Yokohama. We are among the first survivors and arrived here with an American tourist visa. Naturally, we are considered community delegates to transmit to our brethren [information] about the situation of the Jewish people…". Further in the detailed letter, they describe the destruction of the European and Lithuanian communities ravaged by war and write about the difficult situation and the Russian occupation of Lithuania. [This letter was written before the Nazi invasion of Lithuania in the summer of 1941]. They write about the heads of the Telz Yeshiva and of the students who do not know if they will succeed leaving Japan [in the end, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Bloch and most of the yeshiva students were murdered by the Nazis, and some were exiled to Siberia].
Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch (1895-1955), son Rabbi Yosef Leib Bloch served for 12 years as head of the Telz Yeshiva in Lithuania in the lifetime of his father [from 1928]. In 1940, two heads of the Telz Yeshiva in Lithuania, Rabbi E. M. Bloch and Rabbi C. M. Katz left on the perilous journey via Siberia and Japan to the US to try to rescue their wives and children and the yeshiva students and their families who remained in the war-ravaged city of Telz. Upon their arrival in the US, they decided to found a new yeshiva on US soil. In Cheshvan 1941, they established the Telz Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio. Until 1945, they were not informed of the details of the destruction and horrific annihilation. Only after the war, they discovered that most of the rabbis and students of the yeshiva and their families were brutally murdered at the time Lithuania was occupied by the Germans. However, Telz Torah was saved by their tremendous efforts to strengthen and glorify the Torah.
Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Katz (1894-1964), son-in-law of R' Y. L. Bloch was known from his youth as an outstanding Torah prodigy. He headed the kollel in the city of Telz and after the Holocaust founded and headed the Telz Yeshivas in Cleveland and in Chicago.
3 leaves, 22.5 cm. (Stationery of "Centre Hotel - Yokohama"). Good condition. Filing holes. Few tears and wear.
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Long interesting autograph letter signed by Rabbi Pinchas Hirshprung. On the verso of the second leaf is another autograph letter signed by Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Hershberg. Kobe, Japan, [summer 1941].
The letter was sent to the US, to their friend Rabbi Yosef Mordechai Boimel, and it reminds the latter of their old friendship. "You surely remember the pilpul which you wrote to me in 1925 about…". Rabbi Pinchas describes the painful exile which he and his companions from the Lublin Yeshiva were experiencing, fleeing the European inferno. "At this time, at which I remained alone and lonely and all my acquaintances were dispersed in every direction and I am wandering despondent…". He cries for help to receive immigration certificates to the US or to Canada: "Please have compassion - a decree of exile hovers over our heads. Who knows what our end will be…".
On the verso is an eight-line letter by Rabbi "Avraham Mordechai Hershberg, Rosh Metivta of the Chochmei Lublin Yeshiva", who requests help "And do everything possible for us to assist us in all matters".
Both writers were renowned outstanding Torah prodigies who had a profound command of depth and breadth of Torah study. Rabbi Pinchas Hirshprung (1912-1998) and Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Hershberg (1916-1985), leading beloved disciples of Rabbi Meir Shapira, head of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. At the outbreak of World War II, they fled to Vilna and from there exiled to Japan and later to Shanghai with a group of Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva students. In October 1941, Rabbi Pinchas Hirshprung and Rabbi Hershberg managed to immigrate with a group of young men to Montreal, Canada. Rabbi Pinchas remained in Montreal to serve in its rabbinate for more than 50 years, at the same time serving as head of the Mercaz HaTorah Yeshiva.
Rabbi Hershberg moved to Chicago, and served in its rabbinate and taught Torah. In 1960, he was appointed Chief Rabbi of Mexico City and president of the Rabbinical Center of Latin America. He devoted much of his time to study of the Yerushalmi Talmud and even founded an institute to promote its daily study. He authored: Otzar HaYerushalmi, Machshevet HaKodesh, and more.
2 leaves, (stationery of the Centre Hotel - Yokohama), 3 written pages. 25 cm. Good condition.
A small passage of this letter is quoted in an article written about Rabbi Hershprung, Yeshurun, 26, p. 143.
The letter was sent to the US, to their friend Rabbi Yosef Mordechai Boimel, and it reminds the latter of their old friendship. "You surely remember the pilpul which you wrote to me in 1925 about…". Rabbi Pinchas describes the painful exile which he and his companions from the Lublin Yeshiva were experiencing, fleeing the European inferno. "At this time, at which I remained alone and lonely and all my acquaintances were dispersed in every direction and I am wandering despondent…". He cries for help to receive immigration certificates to the US or to Canada: "Please have compassion - a decree of exile hovers over our heads. Who knows what our end will be…".
On the verso is an eight-line letter by Rabbi "Avraham Mordechai Hershberg, Rosh Metivta of the Chochmei Lublin Yeshiva", who requests help "And do everything possible for us to assist us in all matters".
Both writers were renowned outstanding Torah prodigies who had a profound command of depth and breadth of Torah study. Rabbi Pinchas Hirshprung (1912-1998) and Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Hershberg (1916-1985), leading beloved disciples of Rabbi Meir Shapira, head of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. At the outbreak of World War II, they fled to Vilna and from there exiled to Japan and later to Shanghai with a group of Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva students. In October 1941, Rabbi Pinchas Hirshprung and Rabbi Hershberg managed to immigrate with a group of young men to Montreal, Canada. Rabbi Pinchas remained in Montreal to serve in its rabbinate for more than 50 years, at the same time serving as head of the Mercaz HaTorah Yeshiva.
Rabbi Hershberg moved to Chicago, and served in its rabbinate and taught Torah. In 1960, he was appointed Chief Rabbi of Mexico City and president of the Rabbinical Center of Latin America. He devoted much of his time to study of the Yerushalmi Talmud and even founded an institute to promote its daily study. He authored: Otzar HaYerushalmi, Machshevet HaKodesh, and more.
2 leaves, (stationery of the Centre Hotel - Yokohama), 3 written pages. 25 cm. Good condition.
A small passage of this letter is quoted in an article written about Rabbi Hershprung, Yeshurun, 26, p. 143.
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Two postcards send in the winter of 1941 to the US to Rabbi Moshe Rottenberg from his friends, students of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva who exiled from war-torn Europe to Kobe, Japan.
· Long Yiddish autograph letter signed by the Kotzk-Sokolov Rebbe "Mendel Meir Morgenstern". Kobe, February 1941.
· Autograph letter signed by Rabbi "Elazar Meir Bein". On the margin of the postcard is another Yiddish letter from a different writer [perhaps Rabbi Mordechai Yehuda Lubart]. Kobe, February 1941.
The Kotzk-Sokolov Rebbe Menachem Mendel Meir Morgenstern (1921-2014), grandson and disciple of Rebbe Yitzchak Zelig of Sokolov. Disciple of the Chachmei-Lublin Yeshiva. Immigrated to Eretz Israel and established his beit midrash in Tel Aviv and in his senior years in Bnei Brak.
Rebbe Elazar Meir Bein (1913-1998), beloved disciple of the Piaseczno Rebbe, author of Chovat HaTalmidim, moved to Jerusalem and was a foremost Chassidic and Torah leader and teacher.
2 postcards, 14 cm. Good condition.
· Long Yiddish autograph letter signed by the Kotzk-Sokolov Rebbe "Mendel Meir Morgenstern". Kobe, February 1941.
· Autograph letter signed by Rabbi "Elazar Meir Bein". On the margin of the postcard is another Yiddish letter from a different writer [perhaps Rabbi Mordechai Yehuda Lubart]. Kobe, February 1941.
The Kotzk-Sokolov Rebbe Menachem Mendel Meir Morgenstern (1921-2014), grandson and disciple of Rebbe Yitzchak Zelig of Sokolov. Disciple of the Chachmei-Lublin Yeshiva. Immigrated to Eretz Israel and established his beit midrash in Tel Aviv and in his senior years in Bnei Brak.
Rebbe Elazar Meir Bein (1913-1998), beloved disciple of the Piaseczno Rebbe, author of Chovat HaTalmidim, moved to Jerusalem and was a foremost Chassidic and Torah leader and teacher.
2 postcards, 14 cm. Good condition.
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![Long interesting autograph letter, signed by Rebbe Yerachmiel Meir Kalish. Kobe (Japan), [September 1941].
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Long interesting autograph letter, signed by Rebbe Yerachmiel Meir Kalish. Kobe (Japan), [September 1941].
In this letter, sent to Shanghai, Rabbi Meir'l writes his family's plan to travel from Kobe to Shanghai led by their father, Rabbi Shimon Shalom of Amshinov. Moreover, he writes of the "terrible situation of the yeshiva students and the rest of the refugees". He requests that a residence be arranged in Shanghai for his father the rebbe.
31 lines in his own handwriting signed: "Yer. Y. Meir Kalish."
Rebbe Meir'l of Amshinov - Rebbe Yerachmiel Yehuda Meir Kalish (1901-1976), son of Rebbe Shimon Shalom Kalish of Amshinov miraculously survived the Holocaust with the family of his father the Amshinov Rebbe, who fled with the wave of refugees who escaped Europe to Kobe, Japan and to Shanghai. After the war, he immigrated to the US and after his father's death in 1954 he immigrated to Eretz Israel. A great ohev Yisrael, he whole-heartedly served G-d. His daughter's son is the current Amshinov Rebbe Ya'akov Milikowsky.
Postcard, 14 cm. Good condition. Filing holes on text.
In this letter, sent to Shanghai, Rabbi Meir'l writes his family's plan to travel from Kobe to Shanghai led by their father, Rabbi Shimon Shalom of Amshinov. Moreover, he writes of the "terrible situation of the yeshiva students and the rest of the refugees". He requests that a residence be arranged in Shanghai for his father the rebbe.
31 lines in his own handwriting signed: "Yer. Y. Meir Kalish."
Rebbe Meir'l of Amshinov - Rebbe Yerachmiel Yehuda Meir Kalish (1901-1976), son of Rebbe Shimon Shalom Kalish of Amshinov miraculously survived the Holocaust with the family of his father the Amshinov Rebbe, who fled with the wave of refugees who escaped Europe to Kobe, Japan and to Shanghai. After the war, he immigrated to the US and after his father's death in 1954 he immigrated to Eretz Israel. A great ohev Yisrael, he whole-heartedly served G-d. His daughter's son is the current Amshinov Rebbe Ya'akov Milikowsky.
Postcard, 14 cm. Good condition. Filing holes on text.
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