Auction 44
Lot 260:
Postcard handwritten and signed by Rabbi Leibush Beer Halpert, from when he served in the rabbinate of Vaslui, addressed after many titles and descriptions to Rabbi Avraham Moshe Babad, Av Beit Din of Gura Humora.
From the 26th of Sivan, 1946. Each line highlights the continuing distress of the period, discussing the survivors from the war. At the beginning the rabbi thanks Hashem for having heard of the recipient’s rescue from the horrid Nazis, and later he asks if it would be possible for him to come stay with him and whether he can offer a room in his home for his wife and children as well. He asks whether there is flour and bread and their prices, and at the end he asks: “does your Honor intend to move to our Holy Land in the future? A few weeks ago I was in Satmar together with my brother-in-law, the Rahatz of Seret shlita, and it seems he too is leaning toward that…”, and he signs the letter at the end and on the side writes: “Women bless for themselves.”
Original postcard, size: 10x15cm. On the back is the recipient’s address in a European language with ink stamps and postage stamps. Two tiny holes, stains.
Writer of the letter was Rabbi Leivush Beer Halpert, Rabbi of Lespitz, Wosloy, Bucharest, and north Tel Aviv (1908-1981), the son of Rabbi Meir, student of the Admor of Vishoy and the Keren L’David of Satmar. Leader of the Youth Movement Agudat Yisrael of Marmarosh, and a member of the Council of Torah Sages in Israel. Some of his divrei torah are in Machshavot Lev, Bnei Brak 1986.
The recipient of the letter was Rabbi Avraham Moshe Babad (1900-1980) was the son of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Babad, and a 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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