Auction 75
Lot 139:
"ת"ל שבאתה שלום ברוב יסורים וסכנת נפשות" – letter handwritten and signed by the Admor Rabbi Ben Zion Yehuda Leib Twersky of Hornosteipel with details about the arrival of the Rebbetzin to the USA and his grandson’s Bar Mitzvah – Chicago, 1942.
"כמעט שאין בית שלא לקחו מהם לצבא" (There is almost no home from which no one was taken into the army). In the letter, Rabbeinu recalls the Rebbetzin’s arrival in the USA: "כבר כתבתי לכם מביאת רעיתי תח’ לפה עש"ק שבת הגדול… ואיך שהיא, ת"ל שבאתה שלום ברוב יסורים וסכנת נפשות…". As is known, Rabbeinu, escaped Antwerp a the beginning of the war and reached the USA, settling in Chicago. His wife the Rebbetzin, apparently, followed later.
In his letter, Rabbeinu also describes the difficult situation in the USA, which was greatly affected by the war: "אמת היא כי מצב הכללי פה נגרע ממצב המלחמה כמעט שאין בית שלא לקחו מהם לצבא, ומחכים לישועה ליפטור מהשמים בקרוב…".
Official stationery.
18X27 cm.
Stains. Good condition.
The Admor Rabbi Ben Zion Yehuda Leib Twersky (1868-1951) was the son of Rabbi Mordechai Dov of Hornosteipel, and son-in-law of Rabbi Yitzchak Yoel of Kontikoziva [grandson of the Teshu’ot Chen]. Succeeded his father as Rav of Hornosteipel, Ukraine, after his father’s passing in 1903. In 1939 he travelled to Antwerp and could not return because of the war. He escaped to the United States and settled in Chicago, until his passing in 1951.
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