Auction 41
Lot 235:
“And build a tower and a battery against the destroyers and renovators in the holy city there” Long letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Naftali Teitelbaum, an interesting letter given to Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Brisel, who travelled around Hungary for the Eida Charedit. Rabbi Teitelbaum writes that he is known for his zealotry, “building a tower and battery against the destroyers and renovators in the holy city, which I saw with my own eyes when I was there.”
22x28cm. Good condition, folding creases, light tears.
Rabbi Naftali Teitelbaum was the son of Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov (Yokel) Teitelbaum, a descendant of the Yismach Moshe. He was a student of the Kedushat Yom Tov and a true friend of the Divrei Yoel, who fought the Zionists and renovators. Died in 1941 before the Shoah reached Hungary.
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