Letters on postcard, by Rebbe Yitzchak Eizik Weiss, the Chakal Yitzchak of Spinka. Selish (Vynohradiv), Kislev 1940.

Scribal writing (of his attendant), on the Rebbe's official stationery. At the end of the letter, the Rebbe adds two lines by hand with his signature: "Seeking your welfare and awaiting salvation, Yitzchak Eizik".

Addressed to Sweden to R. "Yitzchak Menachem Mendel son of Brachah Rivkah" [R. Yitzchak Menachem Bloch, shochet and mitzvah functionary in Landskrona, Sweden].

The Rebbe advises him to fix the mikveh in accordance with Torah law, and blesses him with blessing and success in order to do so. The Rebbe also particularly blesses the women who immerse themselves in the mikveh: "May all the women going to immerse themselves be completely healthy and successful in all their ways, and be blessed with all salvations". The Rebbe concludes with a blessing for the recipient and his family for complete health and success, concluding with his signature.

Rebbe Yitzchak Eizik Weiss of Spinka (1875-1944), only son of the Imrei Yosef, founder of the Spinka dynasty, and son-in-law of Rebbe Yissachar Berish Eichenstein of Veretzky-Zidichov, author of Malbush LeShabbat VeYom Tov. In World War I he relocated to Munkacs and from there to Selish (Vynohradiv), which thereupon became the center of Spinka Chassidut, numbering thousands of followers in the Carpathian region. He perished in the Holocaust along with most of his family. In his lifetime he printed only his famous introduction to his father's Imrei Yosef and several responsa published at the end of his father's book, entitled Ben Porat Yosef. His other writings survived miraculously and were printed in the United States after the Holocaust in Chakal Yitzchak (on the Torah and responsa).

[1] postcard. 15.5X11 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Tear to fold of postcard, repaired with old tape, with stains.