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

Letter by Rebbe Mordechai Shalom Yosef of Sadigura

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Letter by Rebbe Mordechai Shalom Yosef Freidman of Sadigura (Sadhora). Tel Aviv, 1970. Sent to Rabbi David Moshe Rosen, Chief Rabbi of Romania. Regarding efforts to refurbish the Kloiz synagogue of the Sadigura and Ruzhyn Chassidism in the city of Shotz in Bukovina. The entire letter is typewritten and ends with 3 lines handwritten and signed by Rebbe "Mordechai Shalom Yosef son of Aharon Freidman – Sadigura". Rebbe Mordechai Shalom Yosef Freidman, author of Knesset Mordechai (1896-1979), son of Rebbe Aharon of Sadigura and son-in-law of Rebbe Yisrael Shalom Yosef of Mezhiboz. In 1913, at the age of 16, he was appointed his father's successor as Rebbe and filled this position for 66 years. In 1914, he moved to Vienna and in 1934 to Przemyśl. He served as one of the heads of Agudat Yisrael and of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah for many years. In 1939, he visited Eretz Israel and following the advice of his uncle Rebbe Yisrael of Husiatin remained in Eretz Israel. His family merited joining him there and immigrated to Eretz Israel before the Holocaust. He established his Beit Midrash Knesset Mordechai in Tel Aviv. Official stationery, 28 cm. Good condition. File holes and creases.
Chassidism - Letters
Chassidism - Letters