Auction 44
Lot 151:
Letter handwritten and signed by the gaon Rabbi Shmuel Meir HaKohen Hollander. From when he led the Chernowitz Rabbinate, addressed to the gaon Rabbi Avraham Moshe Babad, Av Beit Din of Gura Humora. He notes that he received the recipient’s 2 letters, and talks about sending books and a kosher sefer torah which he can send him if he wishes, so long as he sends someone to take it from Gura Humora to him with all of the procedures associated with it. He ends: “Expectant of Israel’s salvation quickly, Shmuel Meir HaKohen Hollander.” Size: 19.5×15.5cm, stains, folding creases, overall fair to good condition.
Rabbi Shmuel Meir HaKohen Hollander (1889-1965), the son of the Admor Rabbi Natan David of Amasna and son-in-law of the Admor Rabbi Shalom Hager of Stroznitz. He was rabbi and Av Beit Din in Amasna (Galicia) and in Chernowitz for around 30 years before WWII, after which he served in the rabbinate of Orboni (Romania). After moving to Israel he served as rabbi of Neve Tzedek and the Kahal Chassidim synagogue in Tel Aviv. He communicated with gedolim on halacha, and was close to the gaon of Tchevin, the Chazon Ish, and the Admor Rabbi Aharon of Belz who recommended him as the kohen to use for a pidyon because he was a meyuchas kohen. He published the works of the Machatzit HaShekel because he acquired them during the war. His torah was published in the Shem HaKohen (Drashot and Shut) and the Maharsham HaKohen (on the Torah and other maamarim).
the recived: Rabbi Avraham Moshe Babad (1900-1980) was rabbi and chassidic rosh yeshiva in Bukovina and Israel, a student of the Gaon Rabbi Meir Arik of Tornov. He inherited his father’s position, and after WWII tried to immigrate to Israel but was sent to Cyprus in 1948 by the British, where he served as rabbi of the detention camp. After making it to Israel he was in constant contact with the Chazon Ish. Around 1952 he was appointed for a time as the Rosh Yeshiva of Yechel Yisrael of the Seret-Vizhnitz Chassidic community, led by his son-in-law Admor Rabbi Baruch Hager.
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