Letter of Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam (the second) of Bobov. Brooklyn, New York, "Monday, Noach" [Cheshvan], 1982.

Lithograph, with the recipient's name filled in by hand, with the Rebbe's signature: "Shlomo Halberstam".

Addressed to "R. Shlomo Koretz", who had sent weekly donations. The Rebbe thanks him and blesses him: "May G-d bless your strength and be pleased with your handiwork, and may you succeed in all your endeavors, and be satisfied and full of G-d's blessing, with complete health, and may He grant you the satisfaction of lengthy days and show you His salvation… Your friend, seeking your welfare with much love, Shlomo Halberstam".

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, founding communities, yeshivas and Torah institutions in the United States and worldwide.

[1] leaf, official stationery. 27 cm. Good condition. Light stains, small tear and folding marks.