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Auction archive: Lot number 42

Letter by the Imrei Emet of Ger to the Piaseczno Rebbe, Author of Chovat HaTalmidim

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Auction archive: Lot number 42

Letter by the Imrei Emet of Ger to the Piaseczno Rebbe, Author of Chovat HaTalmidim

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US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$5,904
Beschreibung:

Letter handwritten and signed by the Gerrer Rebbe, R. Avraham Mordechai Alter, to R. Kalonymus Kalman Shapira of Piaseczno. [Ger, 1930s?]. Letter to "…R. Kalonymus" - apparently, R. Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, the holy Rebbe of Piaseczno - with blessings upon the marriage of his son [R. Elimelech Benzion], and blessings for the success of the match. R. Avraham Mordechai Alter (1866-1948), the third Gerrer Rebbe, son of the Sfat Emet, was a holy Torah prodigy. Founder of Agudat Yisrael and prominent leader of Charedi Jewry before the Holocaust, he was Rebbe of tens of thousands of Ger Chassidim in Poland. The majority of his Chassidim as well as dozens of his descendants perished in the Holocaust, however the Rebbe miraculously survived and immigrated to Jerusalem, where he rebuilt the Ger dynasty and yeshivot. His sons who survived the Holocaust are the Rebbes the Beit Yisrael, Lev Simcha and Pnei Menachem. He was called the Imrei Emet after his book. The recipient, R. Kalonymus Kalman Shapira (1889-1944 perished in the Holocaust, Otzar HaRabbanim 17650), was a Torah prodigy and an exceptional tsaddik, well-versed in revealed and hidden Torah, disseminator of Torah and Chassidism. In 1913, he was appointed Rabbi of Piaseczno, and in 1923, established the Daat Moshe Yeshiva in Warsaw, simultaneously heading the yeshiva and serving as Rebbe in Piaseczno. He was famed as a Chassidic philosopher as well as an outstanding educator, and the celebrated books Chovat HaTalmidim and Chovat HaAvreichim are among his works. He was interred in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust, and was a shining example of spiritual staunchness in the ghetto. He continued delivering his discourses and also put them down in writing. A short while before he was murdered, he buried his sermons in the ghetto ground (in the Oneg Shabbat Archive of Emanuel Ringelblum). The sermons were found after the Holocaust and were printed in the book Esh Kodesh. His son and daughter-in-law, for whose wedding the Gerrer Rebbe wrote the blessings in this letter, died in the German bombing of Warsaw at the beginning of the war. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding creases, tears, filing holes.

Auction archive: Lot number 42
Auction:
Datum:
17 Oct 2017
Auction house:
Kedem Auction House Ltd.
King George st. 58
9242209 Jerusalem
Israel
office@kedemltd.com
+972 (0)77 5140223
+972 (0)2 9932048
Beschreibung:

Letter handwritten and signed by the Gerrer Rebbe, R. Avraham Mordechai Alter, to R. Kalonymus Kalman Shapira of Piaseczno. [Ger, 1930s?]. Letter to "…R. Kalonymus" - apparently, R. Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, the holy Rebbe of Piaseczno - with blessings upon the marriage of his son [R. Elimelech Benzion], and blessings for the success of the match. R. Avraham Mordechai Alter (1866-1948), the third Gerrer Rebbe, son of the Sfat Emet, was a holy Torah prodigy. Founder of Agudat Yisrael and prominent leader of Charedi Jewry before the Holocaust, he was Rebbe of tens of thousands of Ger Chassidim in Poland. The majority of his Chassidim as well as dozens of his descendants perished in the Holocaust, however the Rebbe miraculously survived and immigrated to Jerusalem, where he rebuilt the Ger dynasty and yeshivot. His sons who survived the Holocaust are the Rebbes the Beit Yisrael, Lev Simcha and Pnei Menachem. He was called the Imrei Emet after his book. The recipient, R. Kalonymus Kalman Shapira (1889-1944 perished in the Holocaust, Otzar HaRabbanim 17650), was a Torah prodigy and an exceptional tsaddik, well-versed in revealed and hidden Torah, disseminator of Torah and Chassidism. In 1913, he was appointed Rabbi of Piaseczno, and in 1923, established the Daat Moshe Yeshiva in Warsaw, simultaneously heading the yeshiva and serving as Rebbe in Piaseczno. He was famed as a Chassidic philosopher as well as an outstanding educator, and the celebrated books Chovat HaTalmidim and Chovat HaAvreichim are among his works. He was interred in the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust, and was a shining example of spiritual staunchness in the ghetto. He continued delivering his discourses and also put them down in writing. A short while before he was murdered, he buried his sermons in the ghetto ground (in the Oneg Shabbat Archive of Emanuel Ringelblum). The sermons were found after the Holocaust and were printed in the book Esh Kodesh. His son and daughter-in-law, for whose wedding the Gerrer Rebbe wrote the blessings in this letter, died in the German bombing of Warsaw at the beginning of the war. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding creases, tears, filing holes.

Auction archive: Lot number 42
Auction:
Datum:
17 Oct 2017
Auction house:
Kedem Auction House Ltd.
King George st. 58
9242209 Jerusalem
Israel
office@kedemltd.com
+972 (0)77 5140223
+972 (0)2 9932048
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