Circumcision knife, with a sculpted ivory handle. [Europe, turn of the 19th and 20th centuries]. On the handle is a dedication: “Sent to the Husiatyn Rebbe, from me Ya’akov son of Breina”. Apparently, the knife was given as a gift to one of the Husiatyn Rebbes, probably to Rebbe Yisrael Freidman of Husiatyn (but possibly it was given to his father Rebbe Mordechai Shraga Feibush Freidman of Husiatyn, son of Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin, in his senior years). Rebbe Yisrael Freidman of Husiatyn (1858-1949, Encyclopedia L’Chassidut Vol. 2, pp. 561-562), the eldest Ruzhin Rebbe, named after his grandfather, the forefather of the dynasty, Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin. In 1894, after his father’s death, he was appointed Rebbe of Husiatyn and his father’s followers, thousands of Chassidim, accepted his authority. In his late years, he moved to Eretz Israel and settled in Tel Aviv wherein he set up his court. Length: 19 cm. Good condition. Crack in the ivory handle.