Two original photographs of the Ga’avad HaMaharitz Dushinsky and the Admor of Stropkov

Two original photographs of the Ga’avad HaMaharitz Dushinsky and the Admor of Stropkov
1. Original photo of the Ga’avad of the Eida Charedit Jerusalem, Rabbi Yosef Zvi Dushinsky (the Maharitz). Picture shows him sitting on a chair, wearing his top clothes and unique hat. Size 8.5cm. Staple holes on top and bottom, generally good condition. The Maharitz (1867-1949) was son of Rabbi Yisrael and son-in-law of Rabbi Mordechai Yehuda Leib Winkler of Mod, student of Rabbi Simcha Bonem Sofer, Rabbi of Pressburg, and Rabbi Moshe Falk, rabbi of Bonihad. He was rabbi in Galanta and Chust (Hungary), and later Ga’avad in Jerusalem, a posek and rosh yeshiva. He was a member of Agudat Yisrael’s Council of Torah Sages until the Eida Charedit split from it. Authored many books.

2. Original photo of the Admor Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Stropkov. No defects, good condition. 9x6cm. The Admor (1873-1954) was the son of Rabbi Avraham Shalom, student of the Admor Rabbi Yehezkel Shraga of Sinoa (the Divrei Yehezkel), son-in-law of Rabbi Yaakov Koppel Parnes, and in his second marriage son-in-law of Rabbi Shlomo Baruch Prager of Petrowesla, grandson of Maharam Shik. He was rabbi in Stropov in the 1920s alongside his father, and after his father’s death in 1940 he was appointed Admor in his stead. He was saved from the Shoah and fled to Switzerland, and then moved to New York in 1947, where he re-established his community in Williamsburg.