Letter of Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov. Brooklyn, [Sivan] 1982.
Letter in scribal handwriting, with the Rebbe's signature, "Shlomo Halberstam, Rabbi of Bobov".
Recommendation for marrying off a bride and a request for financial assistance from donors. The Rebbe notes that he is making a singular exception to his practice not to give recommendations: "It is known that I have long been particular not to give recommendations for a private reason, but this is not applicable to a great person, namely my relative and friend… R. Moshe… who is about to marry off his son, the dear young man, exceptional in Torah and fear of God, a faithful student in our holy yeshiva…".
The Rebbe blesses the donors: "And may the merit of the great mitzvah and the merit of his holy ancestors assist all the contributors who expend effort and donate, to have salvation with bountiful blessing and success and all their wishes for good…".

Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam (the second) of Bobov (1907-2000), the Divrei Shlomo, prominent rebbe in recent times. Son of Rebbe Bentzion Halberstam, the Kedushat Tzion (son of the first Rebbe of Bobov, Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam, grandson of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz). In 1931, his father moved from Bobov to Trzebinia, and appointed him as rabbi in his place in Bobov. Rebbe Shlomo assisted his father in directing the dozens of branches of the large network of yeshivas "Etz Chaim – Bobov" in Galicia. After the Holocaust, he reached the United States where he re-established the Bobov Chassidut. He led his followers for over fifty years, founding communities, yeshivas and Torah institutions in the United States and worldwide (Israel, Belgium and England). Bobov Chassidut is one of the largest Chassidic communities in the world today, numbering tens of thousands of families. His books include Kerem Shlomo, Noam Shlomo, Divrei Shlomo and Chochmat Shlomo.

[1] leaf, official stationery. 26.5 cm. Good condition. Folds. The Rebbe's original envelope is enclosed.