Auction 66 Rare and Important Items
May 15, 2019 (Your local time)
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Letter from Rebbe Yitzchak Yeshaya Halberstam – Youngest Son of the Divrei Chaim – Kraków, 1932 – "And I Implore on ...

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Letter from Rebbe Yitzchak Yeshaya Halberstam – Youngest Son of the Divrei Chaim – Kraków, 1932 – "And I Implore on his Behalf for Good and for Blessing… All his Heart's Desires for the Good"
Letter with two lines handwritten and signed by Rebbe Yitzchak Yeshaya Halberstam. Kraków, Nissan 1932.
Written on an official postcard of the Rebbe's court in Krakow, and addressed to R. Shlomo Gottlieb in the United States – "To my friend, the prominent rabbi… R. Shlomo". The Rebbe informs him that he received his Pidyon Nefesh donation of two dollars, and extends heartfelt blessings: "And I implore on his behalf for good and for blessing, and may G-d extend him His help to be rescued with salvations and mercy, for all his heart's desires for the good". Written by a scribe, with the addition of two lines handwritten and signed by the Rebbe: "So are the words of his friend who seeks his wellbeing with love, and blesses him with all the good, Yitzchak Yeshaya son of the righteous rabbi of Sanz".
Rebbe Yitzchak Yeshaya Halberstam of Chechiav (Czchów; 1864-1943, perished in the Holocaust, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, II, pp. 412-413) was the youngest son of Rebbe Chaim Halberstam, the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. Son-in-law of R. Yechiel Heshel of Krilovitz (Murovani Kurylivtsi), and in his second marriage, of R. Yaakov Tzvi of Parysów. His father, R. Chaim of Sanz, stated that he possessed a holy soul. He absorbed Chassidism from his older brothers: R. Yechezkel Shraga of Shinova (Sieniawa), R. Baruch of Gorlitz (Gorlice) and R. David of Chrzanów; after his marriage he settled in Belz and studied Torah from the grandfather of his wife, Rebbe Yehoshua of Belz. At the age of nineteen, he was appointed rabbi of Chechiav and was since referred to as R. Yeshayale Chechiaver. From Chechiav he moved to Satmar and later established his court in Kraków. He earnt the reputation of a righteous and pious wonder-worker and thousands of Chassidim flocked to his court. Upon German invasion of Kraków, he was confined to a ghetto. After escaping to Lviv, he wandered from place to place before settling in Bochnia. The Germans searched for him, eventually locating the bunker he was hiding in and murdering all its inhabitants. According to another version, he was murdered together with R. Meir of Vielipoli (Wielopole Skrzyńskie) in the town square, both wrapped in their prayer shawls.
Official postcard with letterhead: "Yitzchak Yeshaya Halberstam, Kraków"; the Rebbe's name and address are printed in Polish on the verso. Approx. 14X9 cm. Postage stamps and postmarks. Very good condition.

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