Auction 38
Lot 269:
Typewritten letter on official letterhead of the Admor Rabbi Yochanan Twersky of Rachmastrivka-Jerusalem. From the “Yemei Rachamim of 1974”, in which he blesses: “may it be Hashem’s will to remember them positively on the Yom HaZikaron to write them and sign them in the book of tzaddikim for a good and long life, refreshing and peaceful, happy with peace and shalva, and a good and sweet year decorated and blessed with all manner of good things, filled with happiness and peace, may your prayers be accepted before the Lord of all mercy, good and chessed surrounding you throughout your days.” Here his son (and later successor, Admor Rabbi Yisrael Mordechai) adds some handwritten lines of blessing: “May Hashem send you quickly a refuah shlema, may you settle and return to us with complete health and happiness…with thanks I acknowledge receipt of your gift…with blessings of a sweet and blessed shana tova filled with remedies and yeshuot”, signed by his father at the end: “His friend Oz HaDoshat ben HaRav, looking forward to the nearing Redemption.” With a facsimile of lines handwritten and signed by him, as he would do throughout his life at the end of his letters. Official stamp. Size: around 28x22cm, folding creases, overall good condition.
Admor Rabbi Yochanan Twersky of Rachmastrivka (1900-1982) was a descendant of Rabbi Nachum of Chernobyl (the Maor Einayim). He rejuvenated the Chassidic line after the Shoah. He studied under his father, the Admor Rabbi David, and moved with his family to Israel in 1926. After his father’s death in 1950 he was appointed his successor in Jerusalem.
The Admor of Rachmastrivka Rabbi Yisrasel Mordechai Twersky (1929-2004) was the son of Rabbi Yochanan and son-in-law of the Rav Chacham Rabbi Sender Uri. He stood at his father’s side and helped found the yeshiva “Meor Einayim” in Jerusalem. After his father’s death he refused to take the crown of the Admorut upon himself, but after demonstrations by his chassidim, the Admor of Mechnovka (elder of the Chernobyler Admorim) forced him to take it upon himself “whether he wants to or not, he is appointed.” He also said: “Even if he was one of the eight sons of the Chernobyler Maggid, he wouldn’t be embarrassed among them.” But he would only agree, due to his modesty, to be appointed with the approval of his brother, the Admor Rabbi Hai Yitzhak Twersky, the Admor of Rachmastrivka-USA, and they would lead their chassidim together with joint tables. Also at the yeshiva, he appointed his brother as president alongside him.
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