Letter from the Great Rabbi of Otynia, Rabbi Yisrael Shalom Yoseph Hager. 25th day of Sivon 1936.

Letter from the Great Rabbi of Otynia, Rabbi Yisrael Shalom Yoseph Hager. 25th day of Sivon 1936.
Holy letter from the Great Rabbi of Otynia, to his friend Rabbi Yosef of Tzfat, requesting receipts for donations collected from various places. The Great Rabbi specifies that in a few places he will try to collect donations three times a year. "But this needs another fundraiser and this will entail more expenses.

וצריך אני לברכת ותקנני בעצה טובה. ד' יעזור

1 page, 22cm, handwritten and signed by the Great Rabbi of Otynia.

Folding marks, good – very good condition.

The Great Rabbi Yisroel Shalom Yosef of Otynia [1884-1955] was the son and predecessor of The Holy Rabbi Chaim of Otynia who perished in the Holocaust on the 19th day of Iyer 1944 with his wife Devorah Leah,daughter of Rabbi Yechiel Horowitz of Pakshivnitz along with their three children. The remnants of his Torah are found in the pamphlet "Nefesh Yishei". Only some of the Divrei Torah documents, letters and writings from him remain and are almost not to be found. During the Holocaust this beautiful Chassidus has become destroyed.