Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe "Yehuda Zundil Rokeach". Chełm, [1930s].
Recommendation (certificate of uprightness and respectability) testifying on the faithfulness of R. Yitzchak HaKohen Steinwurzel: "He is a respected individual who reveres rabbis, and from his youth until now has adhered to pious men. He is a butcher by trade, has sustained his reputation of uprightness and reliability, and is included amongst G-d fearing and devout people…". The letter ends with the full signature of the Rebbe: "Yehuda Zundil Rokeach, here in Chełm from the community of Reisha (Rzeszów), grandson of the Rebbe of Belz".
Rebbe Yehuda Zundel Rokeach (perished in the Holocaust. Encyclopedia of Chachmei Galicia, IV, pp. 865-867), son of Rebbe Todros Rokeach of Nemirov (Nemyriv) and grandson of Rebbe Moshe Rokeach of Makarov (Makariv) (son of Rebbe Shalom Rokeach, first Rebbe of Belz). He served as rebbe in Reisha, and from 1920, in Chełm. He perished in the Holocaust with his entire family, including his son R. Yisrael Rokeach Rabbi of Rabka (Rabka-Zdrój).
[1] leaf, 19.5 cm. 11 handwritten lines. Good condition. Torn filing holes, a few stains.