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Letter of Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov – Tishrei, 1989 – Blessings for Blessing and Success, Comfortably Raising Children

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Letter of Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam (the second) of Bobov. Brooklyn, New York, "Thursday Bereshit" [24th Tishrei] 1989.
Scribal writing, with the Rebbe's signature (in blue ink).
Addressed to his relative R. Elazar Menachem Shapiro who had sent a kvittel and pidyon. The Rebbe blesses him with perfect health, success and divine assistance in all his affairs, and to raise their son easily, with satisfaction and comfort.

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. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks and filing holes.
Letters – Chassidut
Letters – Chassidut