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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Brooklyn, New York, 6th Iyar 1952.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature – "M.Schneerson".
Addressed to R. Yitzchak Levi. The Rebbe blesses him on the occasion of his birthday with lengthy life, strength for his educational work, and blessing and success in all their private affairs.
The Rebbe additionally gives him blessing and guidance to be animated with true fear of heaven, and to thus naturally influence the teachers, parents and especially the children.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Paper sticker to margin.
This letter is not published in the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Igrot Kodesh.
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Letters – Chabad
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Brooklyn, New York, 28th Av 1953.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature – "M.Schneerson".
Addressed to R. Yitzchak Levi in Brooklyn, following a successful surgery. The Rebbe blesses him with strength for his recovery, as well as for his educational work "bringing Jewish girls closer to their Father in Heaven by the Torah and mitzvot", and to bring up all their children to Torah, marriage and good deeds.
On the margins of the letter, the Rebbe adds that he would mention him in prayer for recovery at the gravesite of his father-in-law, the Rayatz.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Paper sticker to top of page.
This letter is not published in the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Igrot Kodesh.
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Letters – Chabad
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Sold for: $1,750
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Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Brooklyn, New York, 1st Elul 1954.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature – "M.Schneerson".
Addressed to R. Yitzchak Levi, upon his appointment as rabbi and local authority of the Shomrei HaBrit community in Reading, Pennsylvania. The Rebbe blesses him to live up to their community's name ("observers of the covenant"). He mentions the Alter Rebbe's interpretation of the local authority's title of "Mara DeAtra", in accordance with its literal meaning "master of the place", in that the rabbi is the master of his community's internal affairs. He blesses him with strength in spreading Judaism in general and in everyday life, and in that merit to influence him and his entire family with all they need, physically and spiritually.
The Rebbe encourages him to set a fixed study regimen for Torah and Chassidic teachings, concluding with a Ketivah VaChatimah blessing for the new year.
[1] leaf, official stationery (thin). 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and minor creases. Paper sticker at top of page.
This letter is not published in the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Igrot Kodesh.
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Letters – Chabad
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Sold for: $2,000
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Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Brooklyn, New York, 14th Shevat 1955.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature – "M.Schneerson", with his handwritten corrections.
Addressed to R. Yitzchak Levi, rabbi of the Shomrei HaBrit community in Reading, Pennsylvania. The Rebbe encourages him to build a mikveh for the women of his community, and stresses the importance of doing so: "Who knows if this is why you were appointed to the office of being a rabbi in the Jewish people?", in line with the saying of the Baal Shem Tov that the soul's descent to the world would be worthwhile just to do one favor to one Jew. He asks for updates on his progress, and on his actions "in his community, in our vineyard, namely the vineyard of Chabad".
[1] leaf, official stationery (thin). 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Holes to margins. Paper sticker at top of page.
This letter is published in the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Igrot Kodesh (Part X, letter 3271).
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Letters – Chabad
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $600
Sold for: $1,875
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Lengthy letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Brooklyn, New York, 29th Shevat 1955.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature – "M.Schneerson", with additional words and corrections in the Rebbe's handwriting.
Addressed to R. Yitzchak Levi, rabbi of the Shomrei HaBrit community in Reading, Pennsylvania. The Rebbe encourages him to take action to improve various aspects of community life: building a mikveh, glatt kosher meat for New York butchers in light of difficulties imposed by the butchers' union, and lectures on daily halachah.
The Rebbe goes on to encourage him to establish educational institutions, despite the concern of lack of space in such a small community. In that connection he quotes the Rebbe Rayatz's saying that the Tabernacle was always erected in full in every location, no matter how short the stay.
The Rebbe concludes his letter with a blessing for success.
[2] leaves, official stationery (thin). 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks. Stains and minor tears to margins. Paper sticker at top of first page.
This letter is published (with omissions) in the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Igrot Kodesh (Part X, letter 3314).
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Letters – Chabad
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,625
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Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Brooklyn, New York, 17th Iyar 1955.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature – "M.Schneerson", with his handwritten corrections.
Addressed to R. Yitzchak Levi, rabbi of the Shomrei HaBrit community in Reading, Pennsylvania. The letter begins with a marriage proposal for his mother, and blesses her with harmony, physically and spiritually. The Rebbe goes on to bless his family members with a speedy recovery, and says they will be mentioned at the gravesite of his father-in-law the Rayatz.
The Rebbe goes on to encourage him in his spiritual affairs: "…Physicality and spirituality go together. For creation is from simple unity, therefore unity reigns throughout all of creation. But in order that there be free will, two paths are given, and man should choose life and thus reveal the unity in everything… Therefore, when informing of one's state in physicality, one should also always inform of one's state in spirituality…".
The Rebbe concludes his letter with a blessing to report back good news, also mentioning the mikveh discussed in an earlier correspondence.
[1] leaf, official stationery (thin). 28 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Minor wear and tears to margins. Paper sticker at top of page.
This letter is published (with omissions) in the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Igrot Kodesh (Part XI, letter 3487).
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Letters – Chabad
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
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Letter from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Brooklyn, New York, Erev Shabbat Mevarchim Tamuz 1966. Yiddish.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature – "M.Schneerson".
Addressed to Rebbetzin Sheina Sarah Nemtzov (1878-1887; wife of shochet R. Avraham Sender Nemtzov), with the Rebbe's blessing for lengthy life. The Rebbe's blessing was indeed fulfilled, with Rebbetzin Sheina Sara living nearly 110 years.
In his letter, the Rebbe encloses a receipt for her donation, and blesses her with lengthy and good life, with Jewish and Chassidic satisfaction from the children and grandchildren, health and happiness.
[1] letter, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Light stains. Folding marks and creases.
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Letters – Chabad
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $500
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Shanah Tovah letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn, New York, Elul 1972.
Typewritten on the Rebbe's official stationery, with his signature – "M.Schneerson".
Addressed to the secretary R. Nissan Mindel, with blessings for a Ketivah VaChatimah Tovah for a good and sweet year, physically and spiritually.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.
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Letters – Chabad
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,750
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Letter on postcard (30 lines) handwritten and signed by Rebbe "Shalom Moskowitz of Shotz". London, Shevat 1952.
Addressed to R. Yechezkel Abramsky, head rabbi of the London Beit Din, in his first year after immigrating from England to Eretz Israel [mid-1951]. He inquires about R. Abramsky and his wife's welfare and happiness, and expresses his wish for "our brethren in exile in Eretz Israel", quoting a statement about Jerusalem from the Zohar [apparently alluding to the Zionist domination of Orthodox Judaism in Israel].
The letter goes on to discuss a law of divorce in the Rambam and the Tosefta, and he humbly addresses R. Abramsky as an expert in the Tosefta.
Towards the end of the letter, the Rebbe asks for a message to be delivered to an old friend of his, R. Chanina, and hints at his financial needs.
Rebbe Shalom Moskovitz of Shotz (1877-1958), a descendant of R. Michel of Zlotchov and R. Meir of Premishlan; foremost rebbe in the previous generation. He was proficient in all areas of Torah, and a great posek. In his youth, he was ordained by the Maharsham of Berezhany and even lived in his home for nine months to attend to him. He served G-d devotedly and was a kabbalist, known for working wonders by his awesome prayers, like a son beseeching his father. He was a disciple of the Rebbe of Shinova and the Belz rebbes. He served as Rabbi of Suceava from 1903, and he was the teacher of R. Meir Shapiro of Lublin, the founder of Daf Yomi.
From 1927, he served as rebbe in London. He authored many books on the Talmud, Torah, Chassidut and more. He was highly esteemed by the great rebbes of his generation and word of his greatness and holiness spread all over the world. His diligence was rare; he would study Torah for hours and hours, stopping only for meals or mitzvah purposes.
At the same time, his London home was wide open and people from all circles came to seek his blessing, ask for guidance and request halachic rulings. In his will, he pledged to arouse Heavenly mercy upon anyone who would visit his gravesite, light two candles in his memory, and undertake to strengthen himself in a mitzvah or in Torah study (at his request, this promise is printed at his gravesite in three languages: Hebrew, Yiddish and English).
The Rebbe of Shotz fought against secularism and Zionism; when the state of Israel was established he published a polemical tract (London, 1950) demanding the leaders of the state allow religious Jews and Torah institutions to preserve their way of life.
Postcard. 9X14 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear, small crease to corner of postcard.
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Letters – Chassidut
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $600
Sold for: $5,750
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Large collection of over 30 letters from rebbes, rabbis and Torah scholars, from various countries at various time periods, addressed to various recipients. Eretz Israel, Poland, Galicia, England, Belgium, United States, Brazil and elsewhere. Ca. 1911-1983.
The collection includes letters from:
• R. Yisrael Aharon Katz Englander, head of the Frysztak Beit Din (disciple of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz and the Divrei Yechezkel of Shinova). • R. Eliezer Lipa Weisblum (author of Divrei Eliezer, a descendant of R. Elimelech of Lizhensk, rabbi of the Anshei Lizhensk community in New York). • A letter addressed to the Rebbe of Boyan, mentioning the Chachmei Lublin yeshiva and its rabbi [R. Meir Shapiro, shortly before his death], Daf Yomi, Agudat Yisrael and other topics. • R. Matityahu Yechezkel Guttman, Rabbi of Leova. • R. Eliyahu Labin, Stryi (Galicia). • Rebbe Aryeh Mordechai Rabinowitz of Porisov, Rabbi of Bnei Brak, dayan and posek in Jerusalem. • Rebbe Yitzchak Yoel Rabinowitz of Monistrich-Linitz. • R. Moshe Shapiro-Horowitz, Rabbi of Zawichost. • Rebbe Avraham Yosef Yoska Gottesman of Ozheran-Jassy-Leshkovitz. • Rebbe Chaim Kanner of Shinova. • R. Chaim Pinchas Lubinsky, head of the Hanover Beit Din (cousin of the Imrei Emet of Ger, member of the Batei Din of Hanover and Bergen-Belsen after the Holocaust). • Rebbe Naftali Chaim Adler of Dzhikov (son-in-law of the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz and stepson of the Mekor Baruch of Seret-Vizhnitz-Haifa). • And more.
See Hebrew description for a detailed list of letters.
36 letters. Varying size and condition.
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Letters – Chassidut
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $5,500
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Large assorted collection of documents and letters addressed to Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, his wife Rebbetzin Alta Feiga, and his attendant R. Yosef Efraim Dov Ashkenazi, as well as various documents of the Satmar Chassidut worldwide. [United States, Eretz Israel and other places, ca. 1940s-1970s].
Letters addressed to Rebbe Yoel of Satmar, with kvittels and requests for blessing and salvation; confirmations, receipts and certificates of Torah and charitable institutions in Eretz Israel and worldwide, acknowledging receipt of funds from the Satmar Rebbe, and more. The collection also contains rich material on the establishment of Satmar institutions and the Kiryat Yoel neighborhood in Bnei Brak, and legal documents regarding "the Rabbi of Tolcsva's home" in Safed.
The collection includes:
• An invitation extended to the Rebbe of Satmar to stay at the Shomrei Shabbat community in Cleveland, signed by R. Shalom Gross (1960).
• "Patron of the Month" certificate of the Rebbe of Satmar, given by the Beit Avraham Slonim yeshiva in Jerusalem.
• Nine telegrams addressed to the Rebbe of Satmar from R. Pinchas Epstein and R. Yisrael Yitzchak Reizman of the Edah HaCharedit, regarding the Shemitah Etrogim controversy; the Central Rabbinical Congress, on an emergency meeting on anti-shechitah legislation; R. Amram Blau, on a fundraiser for the struggle "against the heresy attempting to cause Jews to transgress their faith"; R. Getzel Berger of London, on "redeeming Romanian Jewry" by activist Henry Jakober (with an attached letter signed by Henry Jakober, addressed to R. Binyamin Gorodetzky, Chabad activist and emissary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and a letter addressed to philanthropist R. Getzel Berger); R. Shalom Pollak of London requesting a large sum of money; and other telegrams.
• Five letters addressed to his wife, Rebbetzin Alta Feiga Teitelbaum, including three lengthy Yiddish letters from her cousin, the sofer R. Immanuel Ber (son of R. Moshe Avraham son of Rebbe Avigdor Shapiro of Częstochowa).
• Letter from the Satmar Rebbe's secretary, signed (in print) by attendant R. Yosef Ashkenazi – invitation to join a limited gathering in the Rebbe's home regarding the Torah VeYirah yeshiva (1971).
• Two letters from R. Lipa Friedman, director of Satmar institutions in the United States, regarding the Yitav Lev yeshiva in Jerusalem and the Torah VeYirah yeshiva in Brooklyn.
• Summary of a protocol from a meeting of the Yitav Lev community in Brooklyn – eight ordinances subjecting the new community in Boro Park to the authority of the community administration in Williamsburg (1959).
• Leaves and notes handwritten by attendant R. Yosef Ashkenazi, with various inscriptions of names and accounting.
• Handwritten leaves with names of Holocaust survivors in Satmar and their families requesting visas to the United States.
• Letter (typewritten on official stationery, in Yiddish) by R. Yosef Ashkenazi, sent in 1947 to his wife Rebbetzin Cheila, regarding attaining an American visa (end of letter lacking, with photocopy replacement enclosed).
• Letter signed by R. Yosef Ashkenazi to Representative John Rooney, asking him for political action on behalf of a young Jewish couple in the USSR.
• Various letters addressed to R. Yosef Ashkenazi, including a zealous letter (torn up) handwritten and signed by R. Amram Blau (1950s); letters of R. Chananiah Yom Tov Lipa Schwartz, director of Satmar institutions in Jerusalem (1971); a letter of R. Lipa Friedman, director of Satmar institutions in the United states; a lengthy polemical letter from a Satmar Chassid in Antwerp; and more.
• Lengthy letter to attendant R. Azriel Glick, six letters handwritten and signed by R. Asher Lemel Schwartz, author of Likutei Halachot in Yiddish.
• Letter of R. Aharon Tzvi Taub, Rabbi of Hallein and the Migdal David community in Brooklyn, a $2 donation for alcoholic beverages at the Rebbe's table.
Letters and documents relative to leadership of Satmar institutions in Bnei Brak:
• About 15 letters by R. Bentzion Jakobowitz, author of Zechor Yemot Olam (1919-2012), director of Satmar institutions in Bnei Brak, addressed to attendant R. Yosef Ashkenazi and confidants of the Satmar Rebbe in Eretz Israel and Brooklyn, in the 1960s-1970s – lengthy letters (typewritten) regarding administration of Bnei Brak institutions, yeshiva and Torah school affairs, direction of the kollel and Beit Midrash, establishment of Kiryat Yoel neighborhood and buildings and institutions, neighborhood boundaries, modesty and other religious regulations, appointments to community offices, disputes, reports, financial issues, and more.
• Protocols from administrative meetings of the Yitav Lev Torah school and Kiryat Yoel neighborhood, regarding allocation of preferred stock to Rebbe Yoel of Satmar and his wife Rebbetzin Alta Feiga.
• Contract (unsigned) between the Rebbe of Satmar and the Yitav Lev Torah school in Bnei Brak, regarding allocation of Class A stock to the Rebbe of Satmar.
• Financial report of Kiryat Yoel neighborhood in Bnei Brak, signed by R. Bentzion Jakobowitz – 8 pages.
• Proposal to establish a worldwide charitable institution for Satmar Chassidim headed by the Rebbe – four-page document signed (in print) by R. Bentzion Jakobowitz.
• Regulations for teachers and substitutes in Satmar girls' schools in Bnei Brak (Nisan 1962) – two pages.
• List of donors to Beit Esther in Bnei Brak neighborhood – Montreal.
• Letter to Rebbetzin Alta Feiga Teitelbaum, signed anonymously as "the truth speaks for itself" – complaint against R. Bentzion Jakobowitz's conduct in Bnei Brak institutions (copies also sent to the Rebbe's assistants and confidants).
• Letter of administration of the Kiryat Yoel neighborhood in Bnei Brak, regarding violation of rent contract in the neighborhood (1971).
• Letter of R. Bentzion Jakobowitz, on the prohibition to receive benefits from the Religious Council (ca. 1970).
• And more.
Assorted documents and letters:
• Commitment handwritten and signed by philanthropist R. Yisrael Zupnik to donate $150,000 for the yeshiva and orphanage (1965).
• Announcement (typewritten) from the administration of the Satmar community in Jerusalem and the philanthropist R. Yisrael Zupnik – invitation to opening of Batei Zupnik.
• Leaf (typewritten) in Yiddish, unsigned, describing the Satmar Rebbe's efforts to have the immigrants from Romania settle in Yitav Lev institutions and the Diskin orphanage in Jerusalem (after the Holocaust).
• Confirmation signed by R. Chaim Eliyahu Sterberg and a rabbi of the Vaad HaYeshivot, regarding a young man who enlisted in the army (1954).
• Two train tickets during the Rebbe's 1965 visit.
• And more.
About 25 receipts of Torah and charitable institutions in Eretz Israel in the 1950s-1970s, confirming receipt of funds from Rebbe Yoel of Satmar. The receipts are printed, and filled in and signed by hand.
The collection also includes several leaves with statements and decisions of the Regional Court of Haifa, regarding a legal battle for ownership of the home of the Rabbi of Tolcsva in Safed.
Over 180 leaves. Varying size and condition.
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Letters – Chassidut
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Auction 105 Books | Letters and Manuscripts | Esther Scrolls and Jewish Ceremonial Art
Jan 27, 2026
Opening: $300
Sold for: $875
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Letter of Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam (the second) of Bobov. Brooklyn, New York, "Monday Beshalach" [5th Shevat] 1984.
Scribal writing, with the Rebbe's signature.
Addressed to his relative R. Elazar Menachem Shapiro who had sent a weekly donation. The Rebbe blesses him with success in all his endeavors, perfect health and a lengthy life.
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.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 26.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and filing holes.
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Letters – Chassidut
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