Printed invitation from Rebbe Yitzchak HaLevi Rosenfeld of Kamenka, upon the marriage of his son Rabbi Refael with the bride Esther Hendel – niece of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Rosenfeld of Bystritsa, which will be held in Bystritsa in the month of Tamuz 1934. Raysha [1934].
Alongside the printed invitation is a long letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Yitzchak Rosenfeld of Kamenka to the people of "my dear circle of friends", with a request for financial assistance in covering the wedding expenses.
The original date of the wedding was set for the month of Shevat, but it was postponed to Tamuz and the rebbe corrected this on the invitation by hand. In his letter, he explains that the wedding was postponed due to his dire financial state: "…All my income has been finished, where can help come from, such a weak man as myself…I have already set the date of marriage for last winter and was not successful and I have reset the date for Tamuz and I still do not see a way out…”. The rebbe writes of the importance of the mitzvah and blesses all those who help him. He writes that “the evil inclination blinds one and claims that there are greater mitzvoth…but one must be very cautious to merit good”.
Rebbe Yitzchak HaLevi Rosenbaum of Kamenka (Encyclopedia Le’Chassidut Vol. 2, page 372), son of Rebbe Shalom Rosenfeld of Kamenka (the II) and son-in-law of Rabbi Ya’akov Horowitz Av Bet Din of Ulanov served as Rebbe of Kamenka in the city of Raysha in which he also held the position of Dayan and head of the Bet Din. He perished in the Holocaust, together with his son Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua who served as Rebbe of Kamenka, in Oświęcim. His son, the groom mentioned in the invitation, studied Torah and was supported by his father-in-law, the Rebbe of Bystritsa, until the family was sent to Auschwitz where his wife perished with her entire family. He himself was expelled to the Melk concentration camp and was murdered there.
Invitation, 20 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and stains. Few tears around the margins.