Auction 27
Lot 223:
Holy letter on official letterhead, written entirely by hand and signed by the Admor Rabbi David Moshe. Sent from his residence in Rehovot on 19th of Tammuz, 1966, to the rabbi Yitzhak Stein. Written partially in Hebrew and partially in Yiddish, the letter is prefaced with the inscription “Mazal Tov” three times, referencing what the Rav later mentions, regarding the engagement of his son and successor, the Admor Rabbi Menachem Eliezer Zeev (called Mendel by the Rav), to the daughter of the Admor Rabbi Yoel Beer of Ratzport, Sao Paulo Brazil. The letter overflows with blessings from the Admor: “Life and joy and peace and salvation and complete and good healing in the well (in mind and body) and safety and complete success and help from God in everything that is good.” Later, the Admor shows interest in the livelihood of the addressee, and again adds many blessings in Yiddish. At the end, the letter bears his signature. [1] page, 16 handwritten lines. Signs of folding. Generally good condition. Written in black pen, 27×20.5cm paper. The Admor Rabbi David Moshe Rosenbaum of Kretshnif (1925-1969) was the son and successor of the Admor Rabbi Eliezer Zeev Rosenbaum of Kretshnif and the son-in-law of the Admor Rabbi Haim Mordechai Rosenbaum of Nadvorna. In 1944, when he was sent with his father to Auschwitz, his father appointed him his successor, promised him that he would survive since “the people of Israel need him.” After the war a small number of chassidim gathered around him in Sighet and appointed him their Admor. He moved to Israel in 1947 and settled in Jerusalem. Upon the advice of the Chazon Ish and the Admor Rabbi Aharon of Belz, he moved to Rehovot to set up a charedi community. In 1969 he travelled to visit his ancestors’ graves in Romania, collapsed and died. His body was brought back to Israel, and he is buried in the Rehovot cemetery. His sons include: Admor of Kretshnif-Rehovot, the Admor of Kretshnif-Kiryat Gat (who died a month ago), and the Admor of Premyslan, the Admor of Bitchkov zt”l, and more. Among his sons-in-law are the Admor of Sasov, the Admor of Poltishan, and more. He was known as a miracle worker, especially in medical matters, which he would ‘clothe’ in natural methods, with prescriptions that would be honored in pharmacies in Rehovot, eating certain foods, and some that would seem to oppose nature. Rabbi Gershon Eidelstein of Lithuania told the head of the Ponevezh Yeshiva that once when one of his family members consumed medicine, the Rebbe from Kretshnif ordered him to give a specific medicine and the patient was cured, which the doctors did not succeed in their various medicines. The Rav was shocked, and asked the Steipler how a young rabbi succeeded, never having studied medicine, instead of the doctors? The late Steipler replied: "Zayn Zagan is more than enough medicine – what he says-blesses, helps more than the medicine he gives.”
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