One million dollar campaign – Le'Shana Tova Tichatvu Ve'Techatmu – a printed leaf with New Year wishes requesting a donation to the Reshit Chochma She'erit HaPleita yeshiva for Torah observant families who survived the extermination camps, presided by Rebbe Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam. [New York], 1947. Yiddish and English.
The notice is signed by Rabbi Zvi Ya'akov Avraham [author of Le'Korot HaYahadut Be' Transilvania]. On the verso of the leaf are photos of American newspaper clippings reporting the condition of Holocaust survivors and the Klausenburg Rebbe's activities on their behalf.
Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam of Sanz-Klausenburg (1905-1994) was renowned for his tremendous efforts for rebuilding the Torah world after the Holocaust from its state of destruction. After the end of World War II, in which Rabbi Halberstam's wife and their 11 children perished, he moved through several DP camps wherein he established yeshivas and Torah education institutes. In 1946, he travelled to the US and founded a special fund for the She'erit HaPleita. He established Torah institutes for Holocaust survivors in New York, Mexico and in Israel.
Leaf printed on both sides, height: 28 cm. Width: 43 cm. Good condition, folding marks and several tears.