HaDerech, Booklet 1, Derech Tzadikim – Farewell speech by … Rebbe Mordechai Rokeach, Rabbi of Biłgoraj… delivered at a Siyum at Tiferet Bachurim. "Derech Kedoshim" – holy words by the tsaddik of his times… Rabbi Aharon Rokeach Rabbi of Belz… delivered in the capital city of Budapest before his immigration to Eretz Israel. Edited by Rabbi Menachem Aharon Levovitz, Rabbi of the Chop community. Budapest, 23rd of Shvat 1944. Second edition. After miraculously escaping the Bochnia Ghetto, the Belzer Rebbe and his brother the Rabbi of Biłgoraj arrived in Budapest. They resided there from Iyar 1943 until Tevet 1944. On February 7, 1944, the farewell speech of the Rabbi of Biłgoraj to Hungarian Jewry was printed and published. In his sermon, the rabbi gives an account of the Holocaust atrocities in Poland and Galicia and the need to assist refugees fleeing these countries. He apologizes for their departure to Eretz Israel, and confidently states that the disaster will not reach Hungary and that they are not leaving for Eretz Israel for this reason, but rather for his intense passion for the holiness of the Holy Land and his brother's love of the Holy Land. "I am obligated to inform you, dear friends, Hungarian Torah scholars… that anybody who is in the proximity of my older brother… certainly knows that he is not running away… he only desires to move to the Holy Land… and the righteous rabbi foresees that residents of this city will live in peace and serenity…Only good and kindness will pursue and reach our Jewish brethren in this country… (Page 19). Further in the booklet appears the rebbe's statement that his journey to Eretz Israel is temporary and he intends to return, and explanations by his brother, the Biłgoraj Rebbe that according to the tradition of their holy forefathers, there is no advantage to settling in Eretz Israel before the coming of Mashiach (page 26). After approximately ten days, on February 17, 1944, another 26 page edition of this pamphlet was published with many changes and without the reference to his immigration to Eretz Israel. [A month passed and a third edition was printed in Budapest inscribed “Second edition, Adar 1944”, also censored]. This is the second edition from the 23rd of Shevat but the pagination is identical to the first edition of the 13th of Shevat and it is not censored. [1], 28, [1] pages. 20 cm. Good condition, minor tears to margins.