Letter by Agudat Israel in Tiberias Concerning Release of Yeshiva Students from Army Service, Adar 1948 – Signed by ...

Letter by Agudat Israel in Tiberias Concerning Release of Yeshiva Students from Army Service, Adar 1948 – Signed by the Rebbe Author of Birkat Avraham of Slonim
Letter from Agudat Israel in Tiberias, concerning release of yeshiva students from army service, signed by Rabbi Avraham Weinberg and Rabbi Yitzchak Matityahu Luria. Tiberias, February 23, 1948.
Rabbi Avraham Weinberg – the Third, author of Birkat Avraham (1889-1981), was born in Tiberias to his father Rabbi Noah grandson of the first Rabbi Avraham Weinberg author of Yesod Ha'Avodah, one of the heads of the Ohr Torah Yeshiva in Tiberias and a founder of Charedi educaton in Eretz Israel. After the Holocaust, elders of the Slonim Hassidim wished to appoint him as rebbe but he refused and was active in the appointment of his companion Rabbi Mordechai Chaim Slonim. Only after the death of Rabbi Mottel Slonimer in 1954 did Rabbi Avraham agree to accept the position of rebbe [he was already 65 years old]. He then moved to Jerusalem and led the Hassidim for 27 years. Member of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah.
Official stationary, 21 cm. Typewritten and signed by hand. Fair condition, stains and minor wear tears.