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

Letter of New Year Wishes – From the Rebbe of Cheshanov, Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam.

Opening: $1,200
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Letter signed by Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam. Cheshanov, Poland, Tishrei 1930. Receipt for money and wishes for a "Gmar chatima tova, and a good blessed New Year". Scribal handwriting. At the end of the letter is a postscript handwritten and signed by the rebbe. Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam (1901-perished in the Holocaust in 1942), son of Rebbe Simcha Yissachar ber of Cheshanov, author of the Divrei Simcha and son-in-law of Rabbi Chaim Zvi Teitelbaum of Siget, author of Atzei Chaim. From 1926, served as rabbi and rebbe of Cheshanov. Known for his zealousness and holiness and for his righteousness. He often communicated with his young uncle, Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Satmar and was brother-in-law of Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam of Klausenburg and Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Siget. Postcard 10.5X14.5 cm. Good condition.
Chassidism - Letters
Chassidism - Letters