Auction 18
Lot 394:
1. Two letters from Chief Rabbi of Israel Rav Yitzak Isaac HaLevi Herzog to Dr. Ernst Neventzal, a Zionist leader (who then served as the legal advisor of the Yefet Bank—today’s Bank HaPoalim). From 1941 and 1943. He requests to meet to discuss an extremely important issue that cannot be delayed and that he can’t go into detail about in the letter. Asks for help collecting money. 2. Letter from the Mifal Le’Ezrat Rabanim to Dr. Ernst Neventzal, from 1942, referring to the earlier above letter. Different sizes and conditions, generally good. Rav Aharon Rokach (1880-1957), a wondrous figure of an ascetic tzaddik whose spirit was privy to the upper worlds, and was famed as a wonder worker. He was the firstborn son of the Admor Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokach of Belz. Orphaned at a tender age, he grew up in the shadow of his grandfather, the Admor Rabbi Yehoshua of Belz. From an early age he was known for his piety; so much so that Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, the Rebbe of Sieniawa, said that the evil inclination had apparently forgotten about him. He became Admor in 1926. All of his sons, daughters and grandchildren were lost in the Holocaust. He re-established the Belz chassidic movement. Thousands of Jews from all walks of life took part in his funeral. He was buried on Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem, and his grave became a holy site.
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