Letter of the "Yenuka", Rebbe Yisrael Perlow of Karlin-Stolin. Stolin, [Elul, ca. first decade of 1900s].

Scribal writing with the Rebbe's signature – "Yisrael son of R. Asher". Sent to his relative R. Asher HaLevi, confirming receipt of pidyon money. The Rebbe blesses him and his family: "…And may my blessing be fulfilled: may God grant him a complete recovery from all his ailments, may he have much satisfaction from all his offspring, may they live for good and long days, and may they all be blessed with a good year and may they all be remembered as one to be written immediately for life, as is the wish of his relative seeking his welfare with much love, blessing them with a Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah and Shanah Tovah, Yisrael son of R. Asher".

Rebbe Yisrael Perlow of Karlin-Stolin, known as "the Yenuka" (1868-1921), orphaned from his father R. Asher of Stolin and appointed rebbe at the young age of four and a half (!). Son-in-law of R. David Twersky of Zlatopil. He passed away at the age of 53, and was buried in Frankfurt, thus earning the appellation of "the Frankfurter" amongst Karlin Chassidim. He left behind six sons – Rebbe Moshe of Stolin, Rebbe Avraham Elimelech of Karlin, Rebbe Yochanan of Lutzk, Rebbe Yaakov of Detroit, R. Aharon of Warsaw and R. Asher of Stolin – along with four daughters. All his descendants were killed in the Holocaust, apart from his sons Rebbe Yaakov Chaim Perlow, who passed away in Detroit, United States in 1946, and Rebbe Yochanan Perlow of Lutzk and the United States (1900-1956), grandfather of the present rebbes of Karlin-Stolin and Lutzk, the last surviving lines descending from the Yenuka.

[1] double leaf. 10.5x13 cm. Good condition. Stains. Folding marks and creases.

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A large collection of over 120 signed letters and documents (lists and donor reports), sent from rabbis and Rebbes, gabaim, and various donors, to "Kollel Shomrei HaChomot – Kollel Ungarn". Hungary, Transylvania and various countries, ca. 1890s-1930s.

Among the rabbis whose signatures appear in this collection:
Rebbe Naftali Teitelbaum, rabbi of Nyírbátor (2 letters). • Rabbi Moses Chaim Lits-Rosenbaum, rabbi of Kleinwardein (Kisvárda). • Rabbi Mordechai Vorhand, rabbi of Nitra. • Rabbi Yerachmiel HaCohen Katzburg, rabbi of Ózd. • Rabbi Yosef Elimelech Kahana, rabbi of Ungvár. • Rebbe Eliezer Lipa HaLevi Silberman of Ratsfert (Újfehértó) – son of Rabbi Moshe of Ratsfert and grandson of Rabbi Hirtzka of Ratsfert (4 letters). • Rabbi Chaim HaLevi Silberman (3 letters). • Rabbi Yosef Meir Moshe HaCohen Steiner, rabbi of Ilok – son-in-law of Rabbi Hillel of Kolomyia (2 letters). • Rabbi Yisrael Hillel Yitzchak HaCohen Steiner, rabbi of Ilok (4 letters). • Rabbi Yonatan HaCohen Strasser, rabbinical judge of Győr (Raab; 5 letters). • Rabbi Asher Anshel Schick, Szikszó. • Rabbi Meir Schick, rabbi of Timișoara. • Rabbi Yaakov Shmuel Schreiber and Rabbi Menachem Broin, rabbis of Salgótarján (4 letters). • Rabbi Moshe Chaim Grünfeld, rabbi of Sânpetru (6 letters). • Rabbi Shalom Zvi Adler, rabbi of Diósgyőr (2 letters). • Rabbi Moshe Tannenbaum, rabbi of Sepsimiklósvár. • Rabbi Mordechai Leib Fischer, rabbi of Nagykáta (2 letters). • Rabbi Moshe Bonim Krausz, rabbi of Baden (3 letters). • Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Blum, rabbinical judge in Berettyóújfalu (son of the "Beit She'arim"). • Rabbi Gavriel Gesztettner, rabbinical judge of Szombathely. • Rabbi Avraham Broin of Károly (4 letters). • Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Greenwald, rabbi of Columbus, Ohio. • Rabbi Ze'ev Zvi Klein, Buenos Aires. • And many additional letters.

126 letters and postcards, most on official stationery. Size and condition vary. Some with open tears and fire damage (saved from a fire), affecting text.

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Large volume, notebook for writing Torah novellae, which belonged to Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Not filled in by hand.

Thick volume with hundreds of leaves. All leaves blank. At beginning of volume, stamp of the Rebbe from his tenure as Rabbi of Carei (1926-1934): "Yoel Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Carei and the region".

Hundreds of leaves (blank). 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Some stains and wear. Original binding, damaged (binding repaired and endpapers replaced).

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Long letter handwritten and signed by R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Meyer-Teitelbaum (later, the Sassov Rebbe), and a letter by his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Roiza daughter of R. Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. [Jerusalem, 1946]. Hebrew and Yiddish.

The letter was sent to their relative, the rebbe's assistant R. Yosel Ashkenazi, shortly after his rescue from the Holocaust together with their father, R. Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar in the Kastner train, and their arrival in Switzerland. On the recto is a letter by R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa and on the verso is a letter by his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Roiza (the only daughter of the Satmar Rebbe who survived the Holocaust – her two sisters died abroad in 1921 and in 1931. During the Holocaust she and her husband escaped to Jerusalem, about a year before her father arrived there. Eventually, they all moved to the USA).
R. Chananya begins the letter with details of his many efforts to obtain a certificate for R. Ashkenazi to allow his immigration to Eretz Israel. He writes that he travelled to Sefad to find documents testifying that R. Yosel was born there, however, he could not find any evidence, even the slightest hint of his or his father's place of birth, concluding that all the ledgers must have been lost or burnt during the previous war. He then informs Yosel that after much effort, he was able to obtain the certificate because he found someone in Sefad and in Tiberias who could verify the true facts.
Further in the letter, R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa requests that R. Yosel write to him all that he knows about the fate of his brother, R. Yoel Teitelbaum of Királyháza (1913-1986) and about the rest of his family left behind. He proceeds to tell him of his wife's wondrous dream, in which she is told of the survival of one of her relatives.
At the end of the letter, R. Chananya reports of the complete shutdown of the Romanian postal service and that no clear reports of the state of the refugees and the survivors can be obtained. He writes that recently, according to the local newspapers, about 300,000 people have returned from the various camps and there is no way of finding out their identity.
On the verso is a Yiddish letter handwritten and signed by Rebbetzin Chaya Roiza with good wishes and her hope to hear good news.

[1] leaf (written on both sides). 20.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Filing holes.


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Lengthy letter (about 25 lines) handwritten by Rebbe Shalom Moskowitz of Shotz. London, Isru Chag [day after Pesach, ca. 1940s-1950s].

Addressed to R. Yechezkel Abramsky in London. Most of the letter addresses the issue of modesty. The Rebbe asks R. Abramsky to exert his influence to prevent a synagogue in England from removing the partition separating the women's section, and to publicize the Torah's view requiring a partition.
The Rebbe goes on to address a halachic question regarding chametz that was mixed with Pesach flour.

Rebbe Shalom Moskovitz of Shotz (1877-1958), foremost rebbe in the previous generation. A noted halachic authority and kabbalist, his greatness was world-famous and he was highly regarded by the great rebbes of the time.

He served as Rabbi of Shotz (Suceava) from 1903 and as Rebbe in London from 1927. In his will, he pledged to arouse Heavenly mercy upon anyone who would visit his gravesite, light two candles in memory of his soul, and undertake to strengthen himself in a mitzvah or in Torah study.

[1] leaf, official stationery. 25.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.

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