Auction 35 Rare and Important Judaica
Jan 29, 2014 (your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 31:

Letter by Rebbe Tzvi Hersh of Łomazy to his Wife the Rebbetzin – With Special Regards to his Granddaughter ...

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Letter by Rebbe Tzvi Hersh of Łomazy to his Wife the Rebbetzin – With Special Regards to his Granddaughter, Wife of the Gur Rebbe Author of Lev Simcha
Letter by Rebbe Tzvi Hersh Morgenstern of Łomazy, to his wife the Rebbetzin, on family matters. Biala, [ca. 1910]. Yiddish.
In the letter which is addressed to "My modest wife", he mentions his daughter Gittel and a journey to Siedlce to his son "Avremeli".
At the end of the letter, Rebbe Tzvi Hersh sends regards to his children and "especially to my granddaughter Ms. Yuta Hena" – Rebbetzin Yuta Hena, wife of the Gur Rebbe author of Lev Simcha.
Rebbe Tzvi Hersh Morgenstern of Łomazy (1852-1926, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut Vol. 3, pp. 602-603), third generation of the Kotzk dynasty. Son of Rabbi David Morgenstern, the Kotzk Rebbe, and grandson of Rebbe Menachem Mendel the Seraph of Kotzk. Son-in-law of Rebbe Shlomo Yehoshua Gutterman of Radzymin. Began to serve as the Rebbe of Radzymin at the age of 22. Later moved his court to Łomazy and afterward to Warsaw where he died.
His sons-in-law were Rebbe Avraham Weinberg of Slonim - author of Beit Avraham, and Rabbi Nechemia Alter son of the Gur Rebbe author of Sfat Emet. Rabbi Nechemia 's daughter Rebbetzin Yuta Hena (1898-1982), married her cousin, the Gur Rebbe Simcha Bunim Alter, author of Lev Simcha.
The son of Rabbi Tzvi Hersh, mentioned in the letter as Avremeli, is Rabbi Avraham Pinchas Morgenstern (born in 1876, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut Vol 1, pp. 133-134), who served as Rebbe in Siedlce and in Warsaw and perished in the Holocaust.
On the second part of the leaf appears an ownership stamp.
Folded leaf, 21 cm. Good condition, folding marks and a few stains.

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