Letter signed by Rebbe Yitzchak Twersky of Skvira, Kishinev, Nissan 1929. Sent to the management of Ezrat Torah in the US with many blessings and thanks for past assistance with a request for the future. In the letter, he writes of difficulties of livelihood: "And the many expenses, because besides my family, my mother the devout rebbetzin and her sons and daughter live with me and also the orphans, children of my brother R' Aharon". Scribal writing, with his signature: "Yitzchak ben R' David". Rebbe Yitzchak Twersky of Skvira-Kishinev, son of Rebbe David of Skvira who died in 1920, and son-in-law of Rebbe Shlomo Shmuel Twersky of Chernobyl. His mother the Rebbetzin mentioned in the letter was the second wife of Rabbi David of Skvira, and R’ Yitzchak was her eldest son. His younger brothers were Rebbe Ya’akov Yosef of Skvira (1899-1968, founder of Kiryat Skvira in the US), and Rabbi Pinchas. He served as Rebbe in Kiev and in Kishinev where many Chernobyl and Skvira Chassidim dwelled. Perished in the Holocaust at Transnistria. Official stationery, 20X21 cm. Good condition, folding creases.
Letter signed by Rebbe Yitzchak Twersky of Skvira, Kishinev, Nissan 1929. Sent to the management of Ezrat Torah in the US with many blessings and thanks for past assistance with a request for the future. In the letter, he writes of difficulties of livelihood: "And the many expenses, because besides my family, my mother the devout rebbetzin and her sons and daughter live with me and also the orphans, children of my brother R' Aharon". Scribal writing, with his signature: "Yitzchak ben R' David". Rebbe Yitzchak Twersky of Skvira-Kishinev, son of Rebbe David of Skvira who died in 1920, and son-in-law of Rebbe Shlomo Shmuel Twersky of Chernobyl. His mother the Rebbetzin mentioned in the letter was the second wife of Rabbi David of Skvira, and R’ Yitzchak was her eldest son. His younger brothers were Rebbe Ya’akov Yosef of Skvira (1899-1968, founder of Kiryat Skvira in the US), and Rabbi Pinchas. He served as Rebbe in Kiev and in Kishinev where many Chernobyl and Skvira Chassidim dwelled. Perished in the Holocaust at Transnistria. Official stationery, 20X21 cm. Good condition, folding creases.
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