Beschreibung:

Autograph letter of recommendation (5 lines) signed by R. "Yitzchak Isaac of Zhydachiv". Written at the bottom of a letter by his son, R. Eliyahu Eichenstein, who at the behest of his father, Rebbe Mohari of Zhydachiv, writes a recommendation and a plan for organizing a collection of charity for R. Zusha "Grandson of the holy Tsaddik… R. Elimelech of Lizhensk". [Zhydachiv, ca. 1860s-1870s]. Letter by the Rebbe Mohari continuing the letter of his son R. Eliyahu (with an organized plan for collecting funds for the needy, enumerating names of the Zhydachiv Chassidim who are charity collectors of various communities). He writes in his own handwriting: "My regards to our friends wherever they are, G-d should bless them with everlasting success, since it is known that we survive the Diaspora in the merit of the tsaddikim, therefore I request to give liberally with a generous heart to the Chassid R. Zisse, who possesses this letter… By the supplicant, Yitzchak Isaac of Zhydachiv". His son, R. Eliyahu writes at the top of the leaf: "…Therefore, my honored father requests to do this for the sake of the honor of his holy ancestors, and he especially requests from our people united in love, i.e. R. Shimon and R. Zvi Ze'ev of the Shchyrets community, R. Mendel Bodek and R. Moshe Ze'ev of the Lviv community, the Rabbi and R. Elimelech of the Rudky community, R. Itzi Troya and R. Zusha son of R. Ze'ev of the Sambir community, R. Leibish and R. Shmuel Shaul of the Ir Yashan [Staryy Sambor] community, R. Zvi Chazan and R. Kalman Leib of the Lutowiska community, R. Moshe Chazan and R. Berish son of R. Y. of the Dobrómyl community, and my father requests that the collectors and patrons do their best and the merits of his holy ancestors will be with them in this world and in the next. Words of the writer at my father's behest - Eliyahu son of my father, Rebbe of Zhydachiv". The Mohari, R. Yitzchak Isaac Eichenstein of Zhydachiv (1805-1873), author of Likutei Mohari was a leading rebbe and kabbalist in his days. Nephew and disciple of Rebbe Zvi Hirsh Eichenstein, the Ateret Zvi of Zhydachiv and of R. Moshe Eichenstein of Sambir. Conducted himself with holiness from childhood and from age 14, midnight never passed without finding him still immersed in Torah study. His eminent uncle, R. Zvi of Zhydachiv said that a holy soul such as his had not descended to this world for centuries before his times. In his youth, he traveled widely to meet the tsaddikim of his generation: R. Menachem Mendel of Rimanov (who said upon meeting R. Yitzchak Isaac that "he will become a light to the world"), R. Naftali of Ropshitz, R. Meir of Peremyshlyany, R. Shalom of Belz, etc. He even traveled far to see R. Yisrael of Ruzhyn and reached faraway Medzhybizh to meet the eldest Tsaddik of the previous generation, R. Avraham Yehoshua Heshel, the Rebbe of Apta. When the Mohari planned to serve as rabbi of a small town, his teachers R. Shalom of Belz and R. Meir of Peremyshlyany refused to grant him semicha since in their opinion he was destined to lead thousands of Chassidim. After the death of R. Yitzchak Zvi of Rozdil in 1848, the large congregation of Zhydachiv Chassidim relocated to the court of R. Yitzchak Isaac. Many prominent rebbes were among his disciples and Chassidim: the author of Yitav Lev, Rabbi of Sighet, R. Yehoshua of Belz, R. Zvi Hirsh of Liska, R. Yechezkel Shraga of Sieniawa, and others. Especially astounding is the deference he was given by his cousin Rebbe Yitzchak Isaac of Komarna, author of Hechal HaBeracha who already served as Rebbe several years earlier. R. Yosef Meir, the first Spinka Rebbe, author of Imrei Yosef, R. Eliezer Zvi of Komarna, author of Ben Beiti, R. Shalom Mordechai HaCohen Schwadron - the Maharsham Rabbi of Brzeziny and other leading rabbis were among his disciples. Following the practice of his uncle R. Zvi Hirsh of Zhydachiv, the Mahari was accustomed to citing complete sections of the Zohar and kabbalah, speaking with such ani