Auction 96 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts
Torah Letter – Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Grünwald, Rabbi of Tzeilem – Brooklyn, 1965
Lengthy letter handwritten and signed by R. Levi Yitzchak Grünwald, Rabbi of the Arugat HaBosem Tzeilem community. Brooklyn, New York, [Adar II] 1965.
Sent to his friend R. David Moskowitz of Bonyhád and Miskolc, in response to his letter on the topic of unintentional labor on Shabbat. Written between Purim and Pesach [19th Adar II], the letter opens and closes with allusions to past and future redemptions.
R. Levi Yitzchak Grünwald (1893-1980), outstanding Torah scholar and holy man. Youngest son and close disciple of R. Moshe Grünwald Rabbi of Khust, the Arugat HaBosem. Served as Rabbi of various Hungarian communities, and later of Tzeilem (Deutschkreutz, Austria), from which he was known as "the Rabbi of Tzeilem". In 1938 he settled in Brooklyn, where he founded and headed the Arugat HaBosem community. He campaigned for true Torah observance in the United States, especially on matters of kashrut and purity, and was at the forefront of the establishment of Torah and Chassidut in the United States.
Aerogram, 21.5X30.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, wear and folding marks. Minor tears to folds.