Beschreibung:

Letter with an enthusiastic Chassidic essay on matters related to receiving the Torah, handwritten and signed by R. Avraham Weinberg, author of Yesod HaAvodah. [Slonim, 1868]. Letter send in honor of the Shavuot Festival to R. Eliezer HaCohen "Jalowker" [from Jałówka, Grodno Guberniya]. On the second page is another letter in the name of the rebbe, handwritten and signed by his "mashbak" (assistant) R. "Sender, the Rebbe's assistant". On the verso are an address and post stamps from May 1868. In his autograph letter, the Rebbe writes a Chassidic essay on receiving the Torah at Mount Sinai and in our times: "…there nurtured in them (the Jewish nation in the wilderness) an inherent desire to come close to the source of life and to devotedly accept the Torah, through their repentance and spiritual awakening, for they traveled from Refidim in repentance and arrived at Mount Sinai in repentance… With this desire, they merited standing at Mount Sinai and receiving the living Torah. Together with our Jewish brethren, we should all merit receiving the holy Torah, we and our children… Your friend, Avraham". Receiving the Torah on Shavuot is one of the key topics in the philosophy of Slonim Chassidism. In the letter by R. Sender the mashbak, the surging fervor in preparation for Shavuot can be discerned. He writes: "G-d should assist us in receiving the Torah with much strength and joy…". R. Sender also writes of the siyum (culminating the study) of the entire Talmud which was to take place in the Rebbe's court in the days leading up to Shavuot. The first Slonim Rebbe, Rabbi Avraham Weinberg (1804-1884), was the author of Yesod HaAvodah, Chesed L'Avraham and Be'er Avraham. Prominent disciple of Rebbe Moshe of Kobryn. After the death of their Rebbe in 1858, most of the Lechovitz-Kobryn Chassidim followed the leading disciple R. Avraham Weinberg (a minority followed the Lechovitz, Kobryn and Koidanov Rebbes), who established his Beit Midrash in the city of Slonim and led his Chassidim for more than 25 years. The recipient of the letter is the chassid R. Eliezer HaCohen from Jałówka (1822-1915), disciple of the Kobryn and Slonim Rebbes; known for his prayers. Letter composed of two written pages. Approximately 16 cm. 8 autograph lines by the Rebbe and another 22 lines in the handwriting of R. Sender. Good-fair condition. Wear and stains. Open tears to the blank leaf.