Long letter handwritten and signed by R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Meyer-Teitelbaum (later, the Sassov Rebbe), and a letter by his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Roiza daughter of R. Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar. [Jerusalem, 1946]. Hebrew and Yiddish.

The letter was sent to their relative, the rebbe's assistant R. Yosel Ashkenazi, shortly after his rescue from the Holocaust together with their father, R. Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar in the Kastner train, and their arrival in Switzerland. On the recto is a letter by R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa and on the verso is a letter by his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Roiza (the only daughter of the Satmar Rebbe who survived the Holocaust – her two sisters died abroad in 1921 and in 1931. During the Holocaust she and her husband escaped to Jerusalem, about a year before her father arrived there. Eventually, they all moved to the USA).
R. Chananya begins the letter with details of his many efforts to obtain a certificate for R. Ashkenazi to allow his immigration to Eretz Israel. He writes that he travelled to Sefad to find documents testifying that R. Yosel was born there, however, he could not find any evidence, even the slightest hint of his or his father's place of birth, concluding that all the ledgers must have been lost or burnt during the previous war. He then informs Yosel that after much effort, he was able to obtain the certificate because he found someone in Sefad and in Tiberias who could verify the true facts.
Further in the letter, R. Chananya Yom Tov Lipa requests that R. Yosel write to him all that he knows about the fate of his brother, R. Yoel Teitelbaum of Királyháza (1913-1986) and about the rest of his family left behind. He proceeds to tell him of his wife's wondrous dream, in which she is told of the survival of one of her relatives.
At the end of the letter, R. Chananya reports of the complete shutdown of the Romanian postal service and that no clear reports of the state of the refugees and the survivors can be obtained. He writes that recently, according to the local newspapers, about 300,000 people have returned from the various camps and there is no way of finding out their identity.
On the verso is a Yiddish letter handwritten and signed by Rebbetzin Chaya Roiza with good wishes and her hope to hear good news.

[1] leaf (written on both sides). 20.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Filing holes.


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