Letter of Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov. Brooklyn, New York, [29th Sivan] 1953.
Typewritten on official stationery, with signature of the Rebbe: "Shlomo Halberstam".
Addressed to the philanthropist R. Yechiel Reinhold. The Rebbe thanks him for his donation and blesses him with "bountiful life and peace and complete health… may you succeed in all your endeavors… with much happiness and wealth in great abundance… lengthy days and years… forever…".
Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam (the second) of Bobov (1907-2000), the Divrei Shlomo, prominent rebbe in recent times. Son of Rebbe Bentzion Halberstam, the Kedushat Tzion (son of the first Rebbe of Bobov, Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam, grandson of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz). In 1931, his father moved from Bobov to Trzebinia, and appointed him as rabbi in his place in Bobov. Rebbe Shlomo assisted his father in directing the dozens of branches of the large network of yeshivas "Etz Chaim – Bobov" in Galicia. After the Holocaust, he reached the United States where he re-established Bobov Chassidut, founding communities, yeshivas and Torah institutions in the United States and worldwide.
The philanthropist R. Yechiel Reinhold (1881-1970) was a distinguished Bobov Chassid. Born in Sanz, he was a follower of Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam the first of Bobov and his uncle Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Shinova.
[1] leaf, official stationery. Approx. 24 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.
