A letter for "a good and sweet year…and all of Yisrael". In the handwriting and signature of the Admor Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshil of Kopitchnitz–New-York, to "my dear cousin and my uncle's son-in-law the Rav, the tzaddik… Rav Ya'akov shlita" – the Admor Rabbi Ya'akov Freidman of Husiatyn–Tel-Aviv.
In the letter he requests "in every language of application, I request of Your Honor shlita, to remember me and bless me with a K'tiva V'chatima Tova and with a speedy recovery and suitable matches for my son and daughter…".
Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshil of Kopitchnitz (1888-1967, Encyclopedia of Chassidut, 1, page 93), of the lineage of Afta and Ruzhin. Between the two wars he stayed in Vienna and after the Nazis entered Vienna he fled to the US and became one of the important Admorim of Ruzhin.
Rabbi Ya'akov Freidman of Husiatyn (1879-1957, Encyclopedia of Chassidut, 2, pages 244-245), of the Ruzhin lineage, son-in-law of his uncle, Rabbi Yisrael of Husiatyn, and successor as Admor of Husiatyn. Immigrated to Israel in 1937.
Official stationary, 21.5cm. Very good condition, file holes and fold marks.