Auction 54 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Feb 7, 2017 (your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 266:

Letter Signed by Rebbe Chaim Baruch Halberstam of Frysztak, with Signatures of Other Rabbis

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Letter Signed by Rebbe Chaim Baruch Halberstam of Frysztak, with Signatures of Other Rabbis
Letter with request for a donation for renovating the Beit Midrash in the city of Frysztak, with five signatures, headed by the signature of R. "Chaim Baruch Halberstam". Signatures of dayanim and community heads: "Chaim Meir Broiner", R. "Yitzchak David Shweid", R. "Yechiel Michel Stein" and R. "Simcha Neuman". Frysztak. Tevet 1924.
Rebbe Chaim Baruch Halberstam (1887-1942), son and successor of Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Frysztak (1870-1926), and maternal grandson of the rebbe, author of Divrei Yechezkel of Sieniawa (1815-1899). Son-in-law of R. Ya'akov Kopel Parnass of Gorlice, grandson of the Chişinău Rabbi. Served in his father's lifetime as the "Junior Rabbi" of the city and after his father's death in 1926, was appointed Rabbi of Frysztak. His brothers also served as rebbes: Rebbe Chaneh of Kołaczyce, Rebbe David of Trzebinia and Rebbe Yechezkel Shraga of Dukla. He and his entire family perished during the Holocaust: his son R. David Aryeh Leibush who succeeded his father in the Frysztak rabbinate, his son-in-law R. Shalom Halberstam, son of his brother R. Chaneh of Kołaczyce and the rest of his descendants.
Official stationery. 29 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and small tears to paper folds.

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