Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Displaying 49 - 60 of 69
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $7,000
Sold for: $8,750
Including buyer's premium
Letter on a postcard, in the handwriting of the gabai, signed by the Rebbe "Shalom Eliezer Halberstam of Sanz". Bardejovské Kúpele, summer 1938.
Letter sent in response to the question of R' Yisrael Fried of Kisvárda as to whether the second half of Elul is a suitable time to hold a wedding celebration. He writes: "I have received your letter, and there is no problem holding a wedding celebration in the second half of the month of Elul – therefore, make the wedding with Mazal tov and all good blessings…". On the verso in the gabai's handwriting is a letter to the recipient: "Also the gabai send regards and is waiting for payment for his troubles".
Rebbe Shalom Eliezer Halberstam (1862-1944), one of the younger sons of the Rebbe, author of Divrei Chaim of Sanz. At the time of his father's death, he was only 14 years old and was educated by his elder brother, the Rebbe of Shinova. He married the daughter of his sister and brother-in-law Rebbe Mordechai Dov Twersky Rabbi of Gornostaypol. In 1899, he reached the city of Ujfeherto and established his court. Renowned as a wonder-worker, many Jews from all over Hungary thronged to his home in Ujfeherto and were delivered by means of his blessings. During the Holocaust, he did not leave his community and perished with them in Auschwitz in Sivan 1944.
Postcard, approximately 14.5 cm. With postage stamps and stamps from August 23, 1938. Good condition, minor creases.
Letter sent in response to the question of R' Yisrael Fried of Kisvárda as to whether the second half of Elul is a suitable time to hold a wedding celebration. He writes: "I have received your letter, and there is no problem holding a wedding celebration in the second half of the month of Elul – therefore, make the wedding with Mazal tov and all good blessings…". On the verso in the gabai's handwriting is a letter to the recipient: "Also the gabai send regards and is waiting for payment for his troubles".
Rebbe Shalom Eliezer Halberstam (1862-1944), one of the younger sons of the Rebbe, author of Divrei Chaim of Sanz. At the time of his father's death, he was only 14 years old and was educated by his elder brother, the Rebbe of Shinova. He married the daughter of his sister and brother-in-law Rebbe Mordechai Dov Twersky Rabbi of Gornostaypol. In 1899, he reached the city of Ujfeherto and established his court. Renowned as a wonder-worker, many Jews from all over Hungary thronged to his home in Ujfeherto and were delivered by means of his blessings. During the Holocaust, he did not leave his community and perished with them in Auschwitz in Sivan 1944.
Postcard, approximately 14.5 cm. With postage stamps and stamps from August 23, 1938. Good condition, minor creases.
Category
Letters – Chassidism
Catalogue
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $600
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, last rabbi of Dukla. Dukla, (1927).
Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam (1899-1942), a descendent of Shinova-Sanz, son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Halberstam, Av Bet Din of Dukla and Frysztak and younger brother of Rebbe Chane Halberstam of Kolaczyce. Married the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Rubin, Av Bet Din of Safed, and also succeeded his father as Rabbi of Dukla. In 1922, he published the second edition of Divrei Yechezkel. He and his entire family perished in the Holocaust. Witnesses at the time of his death told of a Nazi officer who demanded him to shave his beard and sidelocks, then in a drunken state burst into his home, threw the furniture and his books at him, beat him to death after which he burnt his home and books.
Postcard 14X9.5 cm. Good condition. Approximately 11 handwritten lines. His own signature on the front of the postcard.
Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam (1899-1942), a descendent of Shinova-Sanz, son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Halberstam, Av Bet Din of Dukla and Frysztak and younger brother of Rebbe Chane Halberstam of Kolaczyce. Married the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Rubin, Av Bet Din of Safed, and also succeeded his father as Rabbi of Dukla. In 1922, he published the second edition of Divrei Yechezkel. He and his entire family perished in the Holocaust. Witnesses at the time of his death told of a Nazi officer who demanded him to shave his beard and sidelocks, then in a drunken state burst into his home, threw the furniture and his books at him, beat him to death after which he burnt his home and books.
Postcard 14X9.5 cm. Good condition. Approximately 11 handwritten lines. His own signature on the front of the postcard.
Category
Letters – Chassidism
Catalogue
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $600
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Handwritten letter with the signature and stamp of Rebbe David Halberstam of Frysztak. 1928.
Letter of blessing for the daughter's engagement, "that you shall enjoy serenity from them and from all their children, honest descendants with wealth and all good blessing and that we should always hear good news".
Rebbe David Halberstam (1892-1942), descendant of the Shinova-Sanz dynasty, son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Halberstam of Frysztak and brother of Rebbe Chane Halberstam of Kolaczyce married the daughter of his great-uncle, Rebbe Elazar Rosenfeld Av Bet Din of Oshpitsin, son-in-law of the Divrei Chaim. He served as Rebbe in Tshebin and as Av Bet Din of Yoshlisk. He, his wife and ten children were murdered during the Holocaust.
Leaf 22 cm. Approximately 8 handwritten lines. Good condition.
Letter of blessing for the daughter's engagement, "that you shall enjoy serenity from them and from all their children, honest descendants with wealth and all good blessing and that we should always hear good news".
Rebbe David Halberstam (1892-1942), descendant of the Shinova-Sanz dynasty, son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Halberstam of Frysztak and brother of Rebbe Chane Halberstam of Kolaczyce married the daughter of his great-uncle, Rebbe Elazar Rosenfeld Av Bet Din of Oshpitsin, son-in-law of the Divrei Chaim. He served as Rebbe in Tshebin and as Av Bet Din of Yoshlisk. He, his wife and ten children were murdered during the Holocaust.
Leaf 22 cm. Approximately 8 handwritten lines. Good condition.
Category
Letters – Chassidism
Catalogue
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbi Avigdor Halberstam. Vishnitsa (Vizhnitz), c. 1910s.
Matters concerning his uncle the Tsaddik of Cieszanów are mentioned in the letter.
Rabbi Avigdor Halberstam (died Kislev 1914), descendant of the Shinova-Sanz dynasty, son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Halberstam of Frysztak and brother of Rebbe Chane Halberstam of Kolaczyce married the daughter of his great-uncle Rabbi Naftali Rubin Av Bet Din of Vishnitsa, son-in-law of the Divrei Yechezkel of Shinova. His descendants perished in the Holocaust.
Postcard, 14X9 cm. Good condition, his own signature on the front of the postcard.
Matters concerning his uncle the Tsaddik of Cieszanów are mentioned in the letter.
Rabbi Avigdor Halberstam (died Kislev 1914), descendant of the Shinova-Sanz dynasty, son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Halberstam of Frysztak and brother of Rebbe Chane Halberstam of Kolaczyce married the daughter of his great-uncle Rabbi Naftali Rubin Av Bet Din of Vishnitsa, son-in-law of the Divrei Yechezkel of Shinova. His descendants perished in the Holocaust.
Postcard, 14X9 cm. Good condition, his own signature on the front of the postcard.
Category
Letters – Chassidism
Catalogue
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Collection of letters of the members of the family of the Szczakowa Rebbe Ya'akov Halberstam, sent to their relatives, the family of Rabbi Schadrovitsky, Jerusalem, 1942-1969.
Letters handwritten and signed by Rebbetzin Eidel Dinah Halberstam, (daughter of Rebbe Shalom Moskowitz of Shotz) on (official) postcards of her husband Rebbe Ya'akov Halberstam of Szczakowa (1902-1968), who lived at that time in the USA. Letters from their son Rabbi Naftali Halberstam (born 1928) the Rebbe of Szczakowa-Jerusalem and Chairman of the Va'ad HaKashrut of the Eda HaCharedit and Rabbi Moshe Halberstam (1932-2002) Ra'avad of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem. Letter from their sister Miriam Halberstam (who writes from London in 1951 on the stationery of her grandfather Rebbe Shalom of Shotz).
8 letters, varied size and condition.
Letters handwritten and signed by Rebbetzin Eidel Dinah Halberstam, (daughter of Rebbe Shalom Moskowitz of Shotz) on (official) postcards of her husband Rebbe Ya'akov Halberstam of Szczakowa (1902-1968), who lived at that time in the USA. Letters from their son Rabbi Naftali Halberstam (born 1928) the Rebbe of Szczakowa-Jerusalem and Chairman of the Va'ad HaKashrut of the Eda HaCharedit and Rabbi Moshe Halberstam (1932-2002) Ra'avad of the Eda HaCharedit in Jerusalem. Letter from their sister Miriam Halberstam (who writes from London in 1951 on the stationery of her grandfather Rebbe Shalom of Shotz).
8 letters, varied size and condition.
Category
Letters – Chassidism
Catalogue
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Long letter with the signature and stamp of the Rebbe Efraim David Halberstam, Av Bet Din of Yoshlisk. [C. 1930s].
The rebbe relates his difficult circumstances and requests help to immigrate to America, "…I am in a desperate state of distress and destitution and cannot think of any viable manner to escape this place. Therefore, I have resolved that come what may, I will travel to America …"
The Rebbe Efraim David Halberstam (1885-1942), son of the Rebbe Yechiel Natan Halberstam, Av Bet Din of Bardejov and son-in-law of his uncle, the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Halberstam, Av Bet Din of Frysztak. Served as the Rebbe of Myślenice and as Av Bet Din of Yoshlisk. Perished in the Holocaust with his wife and their nine children.
Official stationery, 29 cm. Approximately 20 lines of fine handwriting. Good condition, folding marks and minor wear.
The rebbe relates his difficult circumstances and requests help to immigrate to America, "…I am in a desperate state of distress and destitution and cannot think of any viable manner to escape this place. Therefore, I have resolved that come what may, I will travel to America …"
The Rebbe Efraim David Halberstam (1885-1942), son of the Rebbe Yechiel Natan Halberstam, Av Bet Din of Bardejov and son-in-law of his uncle, the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Halberstam, Av Bet Din of Frysztak. Served as the Rebbe of Myślenice and as Av Bet Din of Yoshlisk. Perished in the Holocaust with his wife and their nine children.
Official stationery, 29 cm. Approximately 20 lines of fine handwriting. Good condition, folding marks and minor wear.
Category
Letters – Chassidism
Catalogue
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $500
Unsold
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.
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.
Category
Letters – Chassidism
Catalogue
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $300
Unsold
Letter handwritten and signed by Rebbe "Yitzchak of Shatz". Dorohoi (Romania), [Tishrei 1946].
In the letter, written in Hebrew and Yiddish, the Rebbe writes a New Year blessing: "Ktiva ve'chatima tova and a good and blessed year". The letter contains many blessings for prosperity, success, salvation and good health.
Rebbe Yitzchak Moshkowitz (1878-1958), son of the renowned Rebbe Meir of Shotz and son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef David Meyer of Sasov, was proficient in revealed and hidden Torah, disciple of the Rebbe of Shinova. He served as Rebbe in Radevits in Bukovina. After the Holocaust, he immigrated to the US and served there as Rebbe of Shotz-Radevits. His sons Rabbi Yosef David and Rabbi Shalom succeeded him as Rebbes of Shotz-Radevits in New York and in Los Angeles. His son-in-law (by second marriage) is Rebbe Yochanan Perlow of Karlin-Stolin.
Postcard, 15 cm. Good-fair condition, wear and stains.
In the letter, written in Hebrew and Yiddish, the Rebbe writes a New Year blessing: "Ktiva ve'chatima tova and a good and blessed year". The letter contains many blessings for prosperity, success, salvation and good health.
Rebbe Yitzchak Moshkowitz (1878-1958), son of the renowned Rebbe Meir of Shotz and son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef David Meyer of Sasov, was proficient in revealed and hidden Torah, disciple of the Rebbe of Shinova. He served as Rebbe in Radevits in Bukovina. After the Holocaust, he immigrated to the US and served there as Rebbe of Shotz-Radevits. His sons Rabbi Yosef David and Rabbi Shalom succeeded him as Rebbes of Shotz-Radevits in New York and in Los Angeles. His son-in-law (by second marriage) is Rebbe Yochanan Perlow of Karlin-Stolin.
Postcard, 15 cm. Good-fair condition, wear and stains.
Category
Letters – Chassidism
Catalogue
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $300
Sold for: $475
Including buyer's premium
Printed letter of receipt. Jerusalem, 1910s.
The printed text [Yiddish] blesses the benefactors and promises that prayers will be recited for them at various holy sites, the Western Wall and Rachel's Tomb.
Signed by Rabbi “Shimon Biderman”, apparently the Lelov Rebbe, Rabbi Shimon Natan Neta Biderman (1869-1930) Torah scholar who studied at the Sha’ar Ha-Shamayim Yeshiva for kabbalists. Letters bearing his signature are rare, most of his letters were written by his son, Rebbe Moshe Mordechai of Lelov.
Approximately 11 cm. Good condition.
The printed text [Yiddish] blesses the benefactors and promises that prayers will be recited for them at various holy sites, the Western Wall and Rachel's Tomb.
Signed by Rabbi “Shimon Biderman”, apparently the Lelov Rebbe, Rabbi Shimon Natan Neta Biderman (1869-1930) Torah scholar who studied at the Sha’ar Ha-Shamayim Yeshiva for kabbalists. Letters bearing his signature are rare, most of his letters were written by his son, Rebbe Moshe Mordechai of Lelov.
Approximately 11 cm. Good condition.
Category
Letters – Chassidism
Catalogue
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $1,800
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Letter in scribal writing, signed by Rebbe "Yisrael ben Mordechai Feivish" of Hosiatin. Tel Aviv, 1940.
Sent to his Chassidim in Chicago in the USA, response to the bank transfer of donations collected in their city. The Rebbe blesses all the donors and those who collected the funds with the blessing of "Speedy salvation, that G-d shall empty his blessings upon them and on his family, they should be blessed with all good, constant complete good health, and G-d should give them…comfortable honorable livelihoods… cures to those in need and good matches for the sons and daughters who have reached marriageable age and G-d should fulfill all their wishes with good and blessing". Written at the end of the letter is the rebbe's willingness to receive the list of the donors' names and the names of their mothers, "I will bless them again individually, each one with his personal blessing".
Rebbe Yisrael of Hosiatin, eldest of the Ruzhyn Rebbes, was the last grandson of Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhyn. He was born in 1858 to his father Rabbi Mordechai Feivish of Hosiatin, and from 1894 succeeded him as rebbe in Hosiatin. He arrived in Vienna in 1914 and in 1937 ascended to Eretz Israel and resided in Tel Aviv. The story of his prayer at the grave of the Or HaChaim is well-known. During the Holocaust, at the time the Nazi army commanded by Rommel was nearing the Middle East and the inhabitants of the area greatly feared that the army would conquest the Egyptian front and G-d forbid reach the shores of Eretz Israel and annihilate its inhabitants, Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhyn, in the presence of leading Kabbalists, prayed at the gravesite of the Or HaChaim and the rebbe announced that the evil enemy would not govern Eretz Israel. He died in Tel Aviv during Chanuka of 1948, and was buried in Tiberias.
Official stationery, 17X20 cm. Good-fair condition, creases and minor tears.
Sent to his Chassidim in Chicago in the USA, response to the bank transfer of donations collected in their city. The Rebbe blesses all the donors and those who collected the funds with the blessing of "Speedy salvation, that G-d shall empty his blessings upon them and on his family, they should be blessed with all good, constant complete good health, and G-d should give them…comfortable honorable livelihoods… cures to those in need and good matches for the sons and daughters who have reached marriageable age and G-d should fulfill all their wishes with good and blessing". Written at the end of the letter is the rebbe's willingness to receive the list of the donors' names and the names of their mothers, "I will bless them again individually, each one with his personal blessing".
Rebbe Yisrael of Hosiatin, eldest of the Ruzhyn Rebbes, was the last grandson of Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhyn. He was born in 1858 to his father Rabbi Mordechai Feivish of Hosiatin, and from 1894 succeeded him as rebbe in Hosiatin. He arrived in Vienna in 1914 and in 1937 ascended to Eretz Israel and resided in Tel Aviv. The story of his prayer at the grave of the Or HaChaim is well-known. During the Holocaust, at the time the Nazi army commanded by Rommel was nearing the Middle East and the inhabitants of the area greatly feared that the army would conquest the Egyptian front and G-d forbid reach the shores of Eretz Israel and annihilate its inhabitants, Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhyn, in the presence of leading Kabbalists, prayed at the gravesite of the Or HaChaim and the rebbe announced that the evil enemy would not govern Eretz Israel. He died in Tel Aviv during Chanuka of 1948, and was buried in Tiberias.
Official stationery, 17X20 cm. Good-fair condition, creases and minor tears.
Category
Letters – Chassidism
Catalogue
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,125
Including buyer's premium
Letter by Rebbe Ya'akov Leizer of Pshevarsk. Antwerp, [1981?].
Letter handwritten and signed by the Rebbe [on the verso of the leaf], with good wishes and blessings: "Life and blessing and health and salvation…".
Rebbe Ya'akov Leizer (Rebbe Yankele) of Pshevarsk (1906-1997), the second rebbe of the Pshevarsk dynasty. Disciple of Rabbi David Tevili of Dukla and Rabbi Chuna Halberstam of Kołaczyce, served as Rabbi of Bialisk before the Holocaust. Son-in-law of Rebbe Itzele of Pshevarsk and his successor as rebbe.
Leaf, 21 cm. Fair condition, folding marks and tiny tears, dark stains.
Letter handwritten and signed by the Rebbe [on the verso of the leaf], with good wishes and blessings: "Life and blessing and health and salvation…".
Rebbe Ya'akov Leizer (Rebbe Yankele) of Pshevarsk (1906-1997), the second rebbe of the Pshevarsk dynasty. Disciple of Rabbi David Tevili of Dukla and Rabbi Chuna Halberstam of Kołaczyce, served as Rabbi of Bialisk before the Holocaust. Son-in-law of Rebbe Itzele of Pshevarsk and his successor as rebbe.
Leaf, 21 cm. Fair condition, folding marks and tiny tears, dark stains.
Category
Letters – Chassidism
Catalogue
Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
March 11, 2015
Opening: $500
Sold for: $625
Including buyer's premium
Collection of letters, by Amshinov Rebbes and the members of their families:
• Passage from the conclusion of a letter, (6 lines) handwritten and signed by Rebbe "Shimon Shalom" of Amshinov, good wishes for a newly married couple "… that it should be a successful match, and you should be blessed with all good, and you should merit conducting your home according to Torah and Chassidic tradition, as is good and fitting…". Rabbi Shimon Shalom Kalish (1883-1954, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, Vol. 3, pp. 840-842), Amshinov Rebbe author of "Mashmia Shalom" served as rebbe from 1918 and was known as one of the greatest rebbes in Poland. Escaped the Holocaust via Vilna, Japan and Shanghai and arrived in the USA after the war. He was known for his love of the Jewish people, as evident from the content of this letter.
• Letter of condolence signed by Rebbe "Yitzchak of Amshinov". Brooklyn, 1965. Rebbe Yitzchak Kalisch son of Rebbe Yosef of Amshinov, escaped the Holocaust via Vilna, Japan and Shanghai together with his uncle Rebbe Shimon Shalom. Thereafter, he immigrated to New York, established his Beit Midrash and became one of the foremost rebbes of Polish Chassidim in the US. His love for his fellow Jews was remarkable, a heritage from his holy ancestors from Warka. Died in Adar 1993.
• A letter signed by Rabbi Chaim Milikovsky, regarding the establishment of the Amshinov – Shem Olam Yeshiva. Jerusalem, 1959. Rabbi Chaim Milikovsky (1916-1993), was a student of the Mir Yeshiva which was exiled to Shanghai. Son-in-law of Rebbe Meir’l (Rabbi Yerachmiel Yehuda Meir, son of Rabbi Shimon Shalom) Kalisch of Amshinov, and father of the Amshinov Rebbe Ya’akov Milikovsky in Jerusalem.
3 items, varied size and condition.
• Passage from the conclusion of a letter, (6 lines) handwritten and signed by Rebbe "Shimon Shalom" of Amshinov, good wishes for a newly married couple "… that it should be a successful match, and you should be blessed with all good, and you should merit conducting your home according to Torah and Chassidic tradition, as is good and fitting…". Rabbi Shimon Shalom Kalish (1883-1954, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, Vol. 3, pp. 840-842), Amshinov Rebbe author of "Mashmia Shalom" served as rebbe from 1918 and was known as one of the greatest rebbes in Poland. Escaped the Holocaust via Vilna, Japan and Shanghai and arrived in the USA after the war. He was known for his love of the Jewish people, as evident from the content of this letter.
• Letter of condolence signed by Rebbe "Yitzchak of Amshinov". Brooklyn, 1965. Rebbe Yitzchak Kalisch son of Rebbe Yosef of Amshinov, escaped the Holocaust via Vilna, Japan and Shanghai together with his uncle Rebbe Shimon Shalom. Thereafter, he immigrated to New York, established his Beit Midrash and became one of the foremost rebbes of Polish Chassidim in the US. His love for his fellow Jews was remarkable, a heritage from his holy ancestors from Warka. Died in Adar 1993.
• A letter signed by Rabbi Chaim Milikovsky, regarding the establishment of the Amshinov – Shem Olam Yeshiva. Jerusalem, 1959. Rabbi Chaim Milikovsky (1916-1993), was a student of the Mir Yeshiva which was exiled to Shanghai. Son-in-law of Rebbe Meir’l (Rabbi Yerachmiel Yehuda Meir, son of Rabbi Shimon Shalom) Kalisch of Amshinov, and father of the Amshinov Rebbe Ya’akov Milikovsky in Jerusalem.
3 items, varied size and condition.
Category
Letters – Chassidism
Catalogue