Sacred Autographed Letter by the Admor Imrei Emes of Gur. 1909

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Sacred Autographed Letter by the Admor Imrei Emes of Gur. 1909

Long letter by the Admor Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter of Gur, author of Imrei Emes, complete with his sacred autograph. The body of the letter was handwritten by his brother-in-law Rabbi Tzvi Chanoch Levin, Av Beis Din of Bendin and son-in-law of the Sfas Emes of Gur.

In this letter, the Imrei Emes expresses his grave distress upon “the breaches [manifested] by some of our nation’s contemporary youth…deriving from the liberal movements” which “seek to shed the yoke of Torah and Judaism…and now their hand is raised against the holy city of Jerusalem.”

The letter teaches of the covert efforts made by Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik to aid the campaign against the progressives , as the Imrei Emes expresses, “Therefore, how delighted we were to learn the secret from the faithful confidant of the Gaon of Brisk” that efforts are being taken “for the sake of Hashem and his Holy Torah, and to save tens of thousands of our Jewish brethren and their Judaism…and that those who fear Hashem are battling mightily to [preserve] our holy Torah.”

He adds, “If only we also knew what we could do to assist them in their righteous activities.” The Imrei Emes proposes to unite all Kollel members in Jerusalem and encourage them to join forces in order “to use their combined power to impact our brothers, Bnei Yisrael, and Judaism in all lands.”

Reading between the lines, it is clear that the Imrei Emes aspired to found a public organization that would unite Orthodox Jewry and serve as a spiritual bastion against the liberal movements sweeping through Europe, the Mediterranean, and Eretz Yisrael. This vision was indeed realized with the founding of Agudas Yisrael (Rosh Gulas Ariel Vol. 2 pps. 59-64).

The Admor Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter of Gur (1866-1948), renowned as the Imrei Emes, was the third Admor of the Gur dynasty and a spiritual leader of thousands. Throughout his 43-year reign as Admor, Gur grew to become one of the largest Chassidic sects in the world. The Imrei Emes was one of the founders of Agudas Yisrael and world-acclaimed leader of Torah Jewry during the catastrophic era of both World Wars. A tzaddik and genius who mastered both the Revealed and Hidden Torah and influenced thousands, he left an indelible impact on the Torah world.

Gur, Thursday, [Parshas] Vayeitze [9 Kislev, 5669], 1909. Folded leaf with 2 handwritten sides. Page Size: 21x13 cm. Reinforced on fold of first page.

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