Two interesting letters handwritten and signed by the Rebbe of Slonim
Rabbi Avraham Weinberg, author of Birkat Avraham. 1930-1944. In one of the letters he notes that he is awaiting an answer from the Rebbe “and until I receive an answer I do not wish to do anything… and therefore I cannot respond”. In the second letter which was written during the Agudat Yisrael convention in Petach Tikvah in Sivan 1944, he submits his resignation from the committee of Beit Yaakov in light of spiritual problems with the teachers and students in Beit Yaakov Seminary.
Rabbi Avraham Weinberg - the third, author of Birkat Avraham (1889-1981), was born in Tiberias to his father Rabbi Noach, grandson of the first Rabbi Avraham Weinberg, author of Yesod HaAvodah, among leaders of Or Torah Yeshiva in Tiberias and among founders of the Orthodox educational system in Eretz Israel. Following the Holocaust the elders of the Slonim Chassidism approached him and requested to coronate him as Rebbe, however he declined and was active in the coronation of his dear friend Rabbi Mordechai Chaim Slonim. Only after the demise of the Rebbe Rabbi Motel Slonimer in 1954 Rabbi Avraham [who was at the time approximately sixty five years old] agreed to serve as leader of the congregation. He then moved to Jerusalem and led the Chassidic congregation for approximately twenty seven years. Served as a member of the Council of Torah Sages.
2 letters, various sizes. Good condition.