Auction 34
Lot 160:
From Wednesday of the week of Devarim at the resort town of Bad Hall in Austria. Addressed to Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Bauminger, in which he shares: “I am enjoying the springs here and the good air, may God grant that I will regain complete health.” At the end he writes “I truly ask and wish you to try to come to feel the clean air with our families.” He ends with a blessing for the recipient. Size: 17.5×11.5cm. Folding creases, light stains, overall good condition.
Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Husiatyn (1858-1949), the elder of the rebbes of the Ruzhin family, named after his grandfather the founder of the dynasty Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin. In 1894 he was appointed to succeed his father as rebbe of Husiatyn and the thousands of disciples who had followed his father now accepted his authority. Toward the end of his life he immigrated to Israel and settled in Tel Aviv, where he established his court.
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