Auction 63
Lot 280:
"ולתת לו אזהרה והתראה אחרונה" [Give him one last warning] Sharp letter signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Canal, addressed to the Beit Din of Haifa – Warsaw, 1926.
The content of the letter: a husband left his wife in Poland and immigrated to Eretz Yisrael. His wife, who waited for him to send her tickets so she could unite with him in Eretz Yisrael, was surprised to receive a letter from him informing her he was about to marry another woman. This letter was sent from the committee of rabbis of Warsaw, signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Canal. In the letter, Rabbi Canal writes: "אי לזאת נתכבד לבקש את מעלתו להואיל לשלוח אחרי האיש הנוכל הזה ולתת לו אזהרה והתראה אחרונה לבל יהין לעשות נבלה כזאת ולא תקיא אה"ק אותו וגם להכריז בפומבי איך שהאיש… הוא נשוי לאשה".
Appearing at the end of the letter is also the signature of the secretary, Rabbi Yaakov Gezuntheit.
21X28 cm.
Filing holes slightly affecting the text. Good condition.
The Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Canal (1862-1942) a wonderous Gaon and leading Ger Chassid before the Holocaust. Was a Rav in Warsaw and vice chairman of Agudat Yisrael in Poland. It is told that when he was 82, he was forcibly taken to the Umschlagplatz. Arriving there, he tried taking the gun of the German soldier who was guarding him and was, of course, shot to death. His actions induced respect and fear in the Ghetto since they implied that there was no hope and … from now on, the Jews were disillusioned. (Hillel Zeidman, Yoman Ghetto Warsaw, pp. 55-56).
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