מכירה 29

פריט 253:

Letter of blessing handwritten by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Horwitz of Yanov from New York with blessings in all aspects of life and with a Gmar Hatima Tova

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עמלת בית המכירות:

From the Aseret Yemei Tshuva of 1954, written on official letterhead and signed by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Horwitz, rabbi of the Isishok community synagogue in New York. Sent to “Mr Zalman Shapira shlita” in celebration of his marriage, with many blessings from the rabbi, “mazal tov from the depths of my heart, may you be blessed in all aspects of life and live a life of peace and to build a house filled with Torah and Yira and for the beginning of the year may you be stamped in the book of life and of tzaddikim, may your whole family have a good and sweet new year…” Size 21x28cm. Small stains in the margins, creases from folding, generally good condition.

Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Horwitz of Yanov, the “Beit Aharon”, was born in 1907 to Rabbi Aharon, he was a chassid of Admorei Ruzhin, a student of the Gaon Rabbi Meshulam Rata, son-in-law of his uncle Rabbi Avraham Schechter of Uziran, where he settled. He was appointed rabbi of Potik-Galicia (against the background of the debate with Rabbi Baruch Zeiger, who was the son-in-law of the previous rabbi, Rabbi Avraham Yehuda Schwartz). He was saved from the Shoah, and then served as a rabbi in Khotin and Prague in 1945. In his second marriage he was the son-in-law of Rabbi Shimon Koppel Tzrosky of Peshtborz, rabbi of the Nobel camp near Paris, and brother-in-law of Rabbi Yitzhak Orlonsky (who was a rabbi in the camp). In 1949 he arrived in New York and became a rabbi there. His son, Rabbi Shmuel, was a gabbai of the Admor of Babov.