Letter of Recommendation by Rebbe Nachum Mordechai of Chortkov

Letter of Recommendation by Rebbe Nachum Mordechai of Chortkov
Letter handwritten and signed by R. Nachum Mordechai Friedman - the third Chortkover Rebbe. Tel Aviv, Summer 1939.
Recommendation for getting a job and livelihood, for a Viennese Chortkover Chassid who was compelled to flee Vienna in the wake of the Nazi horrors, and reached Eretz Israel "empty handed".
Rebbe Nachum Mordechai (R. Nachum Moti'nyu) Friedman (1874-1946), son and successor of Rebbe Yisrael of Chortkov, was still raised by his grandfather Rebbe David Moshe of Chortkov. At the outbreak of WWI, he moved to Vienna with his father the Rebbe, and closely assisted him in his public activities. After his father's death in 1934, he was appointed successor as rebbe of the Chortkover Chassidim, which constituted the elite of the Chassidic world in Galicia and in Austria. Known as a genuine "prince" with his upright and aristocratic qualities. One of the heads of Agudat Yisrael and member of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. In 1939, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Tel Aviv. The devastation of European Jewry broke his heart and he fell ill, and died in great suffering. His Torah teachings are printed in the book Doresh Tov. His son R. Shlomo Friedman, author of Divrei Shlomo, succeeded him as Chortkover Rebbe.
[1] leaf, official stationery (from the Vienna period of his life). 29 cm. 17 autograph lines in the attractive penmanship of the rebbe. Good condition. Minor tears and creases.