Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Kuntress Mashmia Yeshua – Budapest, 1944 – Sermon of the Belzer Rebbe Before he Fled the Holocaust to Eretz Israel

Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,375
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Kuntress Mashmia Yeshua, "an [abridged] farewill sermon delivered…M. Mordechai Motli Rokeach Av Beit Din of Bilgoraj …with the approbation and sent by his brother, the greatest tsaddik of his generation…M. Aharon Rokeach the Belzer Rebbe… who delivered the sermon…in the great hall of the Yere'im congregation in Budapest…before they ascended to the Holy Land…", edited by Rabbi Natan Zvi Freidman. Budapest, 1944. This booklet contains the famous sermon of the Belzer Rebbe Before he fled to Eretz Israel, shortly before the Nazis invaded Hungary. The sermon was printed in the HaDerech booklet in three editions (see previous item), and in an abridged form in this booklet. This booklet also includes the calming words of the Rabbi of Bilgoraj, which were later censored from the later printings of the HaDerech booklet (see previous item): "Behold I have heard rumors that if the Belzer Rebbe deems it necessary to…uproot his residence to the Holy Land…he undoubtedly sees that the situation here is bad and G-d forbid…is hovering over those who dwell in this country…I reply to this: Nobody can read his pure thoughts and considerations like me…I hereby attest that my brother, the Belzer Rebbe has strong and solid confidence that no bad will befall our brothers in Hungary, on the contrary, more will be saved from all distress and trouble…". In his introduction to this booklet, the publisher describes the events at the time of the sermon - at the beginning the audience was in "tears and despair" at the time they heard of the fate of the hundreds of thousands of Jews murdered throughout Europe. "But a minute later, joy befell the listeners hearing the preacher [the Rabbi of Bilgoraj] announce in a strong voice in the name of his brother, the tsaddik of his times, who was the halachic authority in his Beit Midrash that he promises and guarantees that the ‘Angel of Destruction’ will no longer rule in our country…”. 10 pages. 22.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears to several leaves. On the last leaf is minor damage to the text.
Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah
Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah