Lengthy letter (two full pages) handwritten and stamped by the Kabbalist R. Yehudah Ze'ev Leibowitz to his teacher Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. Tel Aviv, 7 Adar, 1967. Hebrew and some Yiddish.

The letter is divided into five paragraphs. In the first, R. Yehudah Ze'ev writes that he wants to send him his Torah novellae, apologizing for disturbing him with them, since he remembers his teacher's love for the Torah and for his students. In a marginal note, he mentions how he merited to attend to him twice in the years before the war: "I merited to be a holy attendant twice – once when I mentioned my father was undergoing a surgery… on his right shoulder, and at 8 o'clock in the morning you spoke with me for a few minutes; and a second time when you were in Székelyhíd (Săcueni) for Shabbat I attended to you in the Mikveh and you spoke with me graciously, and I helped him put on his socks and shoes from Budapest".

He goes on to cite stories and memories from the period he attended to Rebbe Eliezer Fish of Bixad as well as a Torah teaching he learned from the Rebbe of Bixad in the name of the Yitav Lev of Sighet. He tells that the Rebbe of Bixad held him very dear. R. Yehudah Ze'ev writes (in Yiddish): Once, he told his son, R. Tzvikel, "Why do you not study like Yudel?" and pointed to me. And when his son left I said to him, "Rebbe, why did you say that? Now your son will be ashamed because of me". He answered: "I want him to be ashamed of you so that he will learn Torah day and night".

Further in the letter, paragraph 2, R. Yehudah Ze'ev asks the Satmar Rebbe to send him the books of his ancestors, the Yismach Moshe and the Yitav Lev, which he is unable to purchase himself. In paragraph 3, R. Yehudah Ze'ev asks for assistance for his friend, the kabbalist R. Yitzchak Shmuel Weinstock, son of the kabbalist R. Moshe Yair Weinstock. He notes that R. Weinstock traces his ancestry to the Chozeh of Lublin and the Rebbe of Lelov.

In paragraph 4, he asks the Rebbe to mention him in his "pure prayer", and writes that his father was also one of the Rebbe's followers, "a Chassid in heart and soul, but we are naturally of the quiet type of people". He adds what his father said of the Rebbe: "Even a hundred and twenty years from now, people will say the Rebbe was as great as Moshe Rabbeinu".

In the final paragraph 5, R. Yehudah Ze'ev signs with many blessings and wishes, and asks in the margins of the letter to also mention the kabbalist R. Meir Segal Landau and his son R. Asher Segal Landau in his prayer.

The letter is written on official stationery: "Yehudah Ze'ev Leibowitz, son of R. Yechiel Tzvi, Tel Aviv, Eretz Israel". The kabbalist R. Yehudah Ze'ev Leibowitz (1921-2010) was a hidden Tzaddik of the generation, an outstanding Torah scholar, both in hidden and revealed realms. Born in Satmar, he studied under Rebbe Yoel of Satmar and R. Yehudah Rosner, Av Beit Din of Székelyhíd (Săcueni), author of Imrei Yehudah. After surviving the Holocaust, he immigrated to Eretz Israel, and upon the advice of the Chazon Ish, worked at nights in paving roads, living alone in a single-room apartment in Tel Aviv. There he joined a group of kabbalists studying under R. Yehudah Leib Ashlag, the Baal HaSulam – R. Yehudah Tzvi Brandwein, R. Moshe Yair Weinstock and R. Yosef Weinstock. In contrast to them, he remained anonymous for many years, yet maintained close ties with the foremost Torah leaders, rabbis and rebbes of the generation, such as Rebbe Aharon Rokeach of Belz, Rebbe Yekutiel Yehudah Halberstam of Sanz-Klausenburg and others, who held him in high regard and considered him one of the thirty-six hidden Tzaddikim. For many years he succeeded in concealing his greatness, yet in his final years, when he resided close to his relatives in Bnei Brak, numerous stories of wonders he had performed began circulating, and many flocked to him in quest of blessings and salvation. His writings were published in the books Kol Yehudah Baal HaKetavim, VeZot LiYehudah, Yizal Mayim MiDaleyav, Or Levi Ziv Yehudah, and others.

[1] leaf, official stationery. Approx. 30 cm. Good condition. Folds and minor creases. Small open marginal tear (not affecting text).