Auction 49
Lot 121:
Three letters from Rabbi Yosef Shmotkin, including a long (5-page) letter to the Rayatz and two written to Rabbi Yehezkel Feigen, the Rayatz’s secretary and administrator of the underground yeshivot in Communist Russia. The letters contain many details about the early Chabad community of Rishon LeZion, his inheritance from his forefathers, and other matters.
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Rabbi Yosef Shmotkin (1892-1979) was a businessman and chassid in the Chabad community, a founder of the community in Rishon LeZion and a supporter of the Achay Temimim yeshiva there. In 1925 he moved to Israel, settled in Rishon, and helped to found the community. He had many businesses, some of the which the Rebbe gave him special blessings for. He initiated and built the Chabad synagogue in Rishon and served as gabbay for many years. During the Rayatz’s visit to the Kotel he served as the Chazzan for Mincha, and later the Rayatz wrote about his proficiency in prayer. When the Rayatz rode in the train from Lod to Rehovot on his way out, he was one of the only people to be allowed to ride with him, and was among the last to accompany him.
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