Auction 86 - Part II - The Leo Rapaport Collection
Two Letters from Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum of Sassov
Opening: $200
Estimate: $300 - $400
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Two letters handwritten and signed by Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, addressed to the philanthropist R. Yehuda Aryeh Leib Rapaport. 1962 and 1964.
• Letter of good year wishes (11 autograph lines). Elul 1962.
The rebbe writes: "Since the days of mercy and forgiveness are approaching… I wish to extend my blessing to him, a blessing of a good inscription and sealing and a good, blessed year, may G-d fulfill all his heart's desires for the good and for blessing, salvation and mercy, may he merit a life of satisfaction and serenity, and to see much satisfaction from his dear descendants… may only goodness and kindness fill his home forever…".
[1] leaf, official stationery. Approx. 21.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear and tears, not affecting text.
• Letter (8 autograph lines). [Kiryat Yismach Moshe, Kislev 1964].
Interesting letter, written after his recovery from an illness (there is a perceptible change in the handwriting): "…I give thanks to G-d who brought me to this point, that I am able to thank his honor for inquiring about me during my weakness, and I can now inform him that my situation is improving daily…". Further in the letter, he describes the settling of the Kiryat Yismach Moshe neighborhood: "The neighborhood is filling up, and it is a real Kiddush Hashem… his honor should come see with his own eyes its splendor… which is unique in the whole of Eretz Israel".
Aerogram. 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and creases. Tears to folds, slightly affecting text.
Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Meyer-Teitelbaum of Sassov (1906-1966, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, p 641), son of Rebbe Chanoch Henich of Sassov author of Ir Chanoch, and descendant of Rebbe Shlomo Meyer of Sassov (son of Rebbe Chanoch Henich of Alesk). His mother was a descendant of the Kedushat Yom Tov and the Yitav Lev, rebbes of Sighet. In his first marriage, he was the son-in-law of his uncle Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, and he directed his father-in-law's yeshiva in Karoly. He later served as rabbi of Szemihaly (Bűdszentmihály) and head of the Satmar Beit Din. Following the Holocaust, he established the Sassov Chassidut in the United States and in the 1960s, he founded the Kiryat Yismach Moshe neighborhood in Eretz Israel (in Ganei Tikvah, close to Kiryat Ono).
• Letter of good year wishes (11 autograph lines). Elul 1962.
The rebbe writes: "Since the days of mercy and forgiveness are approaching… I wish to extend my blessing to him, a blessing of a good inscription and sealing and a good, blessed year, may G-d fulfill all his heart's desires for the good and for blessing, salvation and mercy, may he merit a life of satisfaction and serenity, and to see much satisfaction from his dear descendants… may only goodness and kindness fill his home forever…".
[1] leaf, official stationery. Approx. 21.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear and tears, not affecting text.
• Letter (8 autograph lines). [Kiryat Yismach Moshe, Kislev 1964].
Interesting letter, written after his recovery from an illness (there is a perceptible change in the handwriting): "…I give thanks to G-d who brought me to this point, that I am able to thank his honor for inquiring about me during my weakness, and I can now inform him that my situation is improving daily…". Further in the letter, he describes the settling of the Kiryat Yismach Moshe neighborhood: "The neighborhood is filling up, and it is a real Kiddush Hashem… his honor should come see with his own eyes its splendor… which is unique in the whole of Eretz Israel".
Aerogram. 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains and creases. Tears to folds, slightly affecting text.
Rebbe Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Meyer-Teitelbaum of Sassov (1906-1966, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, p 641), son of Rebbe Chanoch Henich of Sassov author of Ir Chanoch, and descendant of Rebbe Shlomo Meyer of Sassov (son of Rebbe Chanoch Henich of Alesk). His mother was a descendant of the Kedushat Yom Tov and the Yitav Lev, rebbes of Sighet. In his first marriage, he was the son-in-law of his uncle Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, and he directed his father-in-law's yeshiva in Karoly. He later served as rabbi of Szemihaly (Bűdszentmihály) and head of the Satmar Beit Din. Following the Holocaust, he established the Sassov Chassidut in the United States and in the 1960s, he founded the Kiryat Yismach Moshe neighborhood in Eretz Israel (in Ganei Tikvah, close to Kiryat Ono).
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