Very Rare: "Gezunt, Parnusseh, Nachas" Handwritten by the Admo"r Rabbi Chaim Baruch Rubin of Vishnitza

Very Rare: "Gezunt, Parnusseh, Nachas" Handwritten by the Admo"r Rabbi Chaim Baruch Rubin of Vishnitza

Some of the Rebbe's Berachahs: "Recht gezund ...

Der rechter zivug fir ihr tochter ...

Fin alle kinder fiel nachas hebben ...

Zol eich nisht kennen kein schlechts tuen ...

Ihr zolt hobben parnussah b'chavod

In hihr zolt matzliach zein b'chol asher yifneh"

[Free translation: May you be completely healthy ... may you be sent the right match for your daughter ... may you have much joy from your children. May the neighbor not cause you harm. May you make a respectable living and have success in all your endeavors.]

Very rare letter, loaded with blessings for healing, success, sustenance and nachat, all handwritten, signed and stamped by the Admo"r Rabbi Chaim Baruch Rubin of Vishnitza, one of the martyrs of Galicia, son of the sacred Rebbe of Vishnitza and grandson of the Divrei Yechezkel of Shinova, who submitted himself to be killed (literally) in place of the the Belzer Rebbe. Vishnitza, 1926. Yiddish. Letters from him are extraordinarily rare.

The letter was sent to "the magnificent naggid Rabbi Chaim Ephraim Yehoshua Berger." The Vishnitza Rebbe went out of his way to write blessings covering many aspects of life: "Hashem zol helfin ihr zolt zein recht gezund in hobben arefuah sheleimah, och zol eich tzigeshikt wahren der rechter zivug fir ihr tochter fin alle kinder fiel nachas hobben. Der shochen zol eich nisht kennen kein schlechts tuen. Ihr zolt hobben parnassah b'chavod in hihr zolt matzliach zein b'chol asher yifneh."

Translation: "May Hashem help that you enjoy full health and that you have a full recovery. Also that you should be sent the right match for your daughter and have much joy from her and all your children. May the neighbor be unable to cause you harm. May you have a respectable livelihood and may you succeed in all your endeavours."

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the Admo"r Rabbi Chaim Baruch Rubin.

During the Holocaust, the Rebbe lived in the Bukovina ghetto and hid together with the Admo"r Rabbi Aharon of Belz. When the Nazis discovered their hiding place while searching for the Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Chaim Baruch went out and presented himself as the Admo"r of Belz to save Rebbe Aharon of Belz's life. He was immediately brought for execution, with his hands over his head, blows raining down on them until they bled, all the while shouting to the Jews to be strong, "We have always anticipated sanctifying His Name in public!" He pleaded with his only son, who fled, to stay alive (and his son did indeed survive). A bayonet was then thrust into his heart. He was shot and collapsed, covered in his own blood. May his blood be avenged. (Wunder, Chachmei Galicia IV 692-693).

[1] official stationery leaf 21x28 cm. The entire letter is in his hand.

Very fine condition. Fold marks.