Letter on a postcard, in the handwriting of the gabai, signed by the Rebbe "Shalom Eliezer Halberstam of Sanz". Bardejovské Kúpele, summer 1938.
Letter sent in response to the question of R' Yisrael Fried of Kisvárda as to whether the second half of Elul is a suitable time to hold a wedding celebration. He writes: "I have received your letter, and there is no problem holding a wedding celebration in the second half of the month of Elul – therefore, make the wedding with Mazal tov and all good blessings…". On the verso in the gabai's handwriting is a letter to the recipient: "Also the gabai send regards and is waiting for payment for his troubles".
Rebbe Shalom Eliezer Halberstam (1862-1944), one of the younger sons of the Rebbe, author of Divrei Chaim of Sanz. At the time of his father's death, he was only 14 years old and was educated by his elder brother, the Rebbe of Shinova. He married the daughter of his sister and brother-in-law Rebbe Mordechai Dov Twersky Rabbi of Gornostaypol. In 1899, he reached the city of Ujfeherto and established his court. Renowned as a wonder-worker, many Jews from all over Hungary thronged to his home in Ujfeherto and were delivered by means of his blessings. During the Holocaust, he did not leave his community and perished with them in Auschwitz in Sivan 1944.
Postcard, approximately 14.5 cm. With postage stamps and stamps from August 23, 1938. Good condition, minor creases.