Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Eight Letters from Rebbe Avraham Elimelech of Karlin / Receipt Signed by His Mother, Rebbetzin Bracha Sheindel Perlow
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Collection of letters and receipts sent to the chassid R. Ezra Kostrimetzky, from the court of the rebbe of Pinsk-Karlin, R. Avraham Elimelech Perlow [ca. 1920s-1930s].
Eight letters written by a scribe and signed by the rebbe. In some letters, the rebbe added several lines of blessings in his handwriting. Letters confirming receipt of Maamadot funds, blessings for a good year and for happy holidays.
Enclosed: receipt (torn), signed by the rebbe's mother, Rebbetzin "Bracha Sheindel Perlow", and a printed receipt from Jerusalem (with a picture of the Western Wall), signed by the chassid R. "Chaim Asher Buchwald".
Rebbe Avraham Elimelech Perlow (1891-1942, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, p. 57), fifth son of Rebbe Yisrael, the Yenuka of Karlin-Stolin (known as the "Frankfurter", 1868-1921), and son-in-law of his uncle R. Mordechai Yosef Twersky of Zlatopil. He was the most prominent and renowned of the six sons of R. Yisrael of Stolin. Most of the Chassidim of his father in Russia and Eretz Israel followed him, and so as to avoid disputes with the Chassidim of his brother Rebbe Moshe of Stolin, he established his court in Karlin, near Pinsk. He founded the Karlin yeshiva in Luninets. He visited Eretz Israel several times. His last visit in Eretz Israel coincided with the outbreak of WWII. When he heard that the Nazis had invaded his town, he wished to return there to be with his community. His Chassidim tried to dissuade him from doing so, but he insisted and travelled back on the last ship leaving Eretz Israel for Europe. He perished in the Holocaust together with his descendants.
His mother, whose signature appears on one of the present receipts – Rebbetzin Bracha Sheindel Perlow (ca. 1865-1942, perished in the Holocaust) was the daughter of Rebbe David Twersky of Zlatopil, who was a son-in-law of the Beit Aharon, Rebbe of Karlin. She married her cousin R. Yisrael Perlow in 1883 (the Yenuka, Rebbe of Karlin-Stolin, 1868-1921 – known amongst Karlin Chassidim as the "Frankfurter", after his burial place in Frankfurt), and bore him six sons and four daughters, from which the Chassidic courts of Karlin-Stolin branched out. After the untimely passing of her husband, she courageously continued leading her family, and became the royal mother of the Karlin-Stolin Chassidic dynasty. She perished in the Holocaust with two of her sons and dozens of her descendants, on Rosh Hashana eve, 1942.
10 letters and receipts, mostly on official stationery. Size and condition vary.
Eight letters written by a scribe and signed by the rebbe. In some letters, the rebbe added several lines of blessings in his handwriting. Letters confirming receipt of Maamadot funds, blessings for a good year and for happy holidays.
Enclosed: receipt (torn), signed by the rebbe's mother, Rebbetzin "Bracha Sheindel Perlow", and a printed receipt from Jerusalem (with a picture of the Western Wall), signed by the chassid R. "Chaim Asher Buchwald".
Rebbe Avraham Elimelech Perlow (1891-1942, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, p. 57), fifth son of Rebbe Yisrael, the Yenuka of Karlin-Stolin (known as the "Frankfurter", 1868-1921), and son-in-law of his uncle R. Mordechai Yosef Twersky of Zlatopil. He was the most prominent and renowned of the six sons of R. Yisrael of Stolin. Most of the Chassidim of his father in Russia and Eretz Israel followed him, and so as to avoid disputes with the Chassidim of his brother Rebbe Moshe of Stolin, he established his court in Karlin, near Pinsk. He founded the Karlin yeshiva in Luninets. He visited Eretz Israel several times. His last visit in Eretz Israel coincided with the outbreak of WWII. When he heard that the Nazis had invaded his town, he wished to return there to be with his community. His Chassidim tried to dissuade him from doing so, but he insisted and travelled back on the last ship leaving Eretz Israel for Europe. He perished in the Holocaust together with his descendants.
His mother, whose signature appears on one of the present receipts – Rebbetzin Bracha Sheindel Perlow (ca. 1865-1942, perished in the Holocaust) was the daughter of Rebbe David Twersky of Zlatopil, who was a son-in-law of the Beit Aharon, Rebbe of Karlin. She married her cousin R. Yisrael Perlow in 1883 (the Yenuka, Rebbe of Karlin-Stolin, 1868-1921 – known amongst Karlin Chassidim as the "Frankfurter", after his burial place in Frankfurt), and bore him six sons and four daughters, from which the Chassidic courts of Karlin-Stolin branched out. After the untimely passing of her husband, she courageously continued leading her family, and became the royal mother of the Karlin-Stolin Chassidic dynasty. She perished in the Holocaust with two of her sons and dozens of her descendants, on Rosh Hashana eve, 1942.
10 letters and receipts, mostly on official stationery. Size and condition vary.
Chassidut – Letters
Chassidut – Letters