(Grand Rebbe of Sochatchov, 1876–1942). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead to his Chassidim residing in Tel Aviv.

R. Dovid (known as the Chasdei Dovid) was the eldest son of the Shem MiShmuel and grandson of R. Avrohom Bornsztain (“the Avnei Nezer.”) Upon his father's death in 1926, he was appointed third Sochatchover Rebbe. The new Rebbe established his court in Pabianice and also founded a network of yeshivas under the name Beis Avraham patterned after the unique learning style of Sochatchover Chassidus. In addition to his duties as Rebbe and Rosh Yeshiva, he was an active member of Agudath Israel and the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah and so became known as one of the generation's leading Rebbes. He often spoke of the idea of settling the Land of Israel and encouraged his Chassidim to emigrate there. He was quoted as saying that he himself would have emigrated there, were it not for the thousands of Chasidim in Poland who depended on his leadership. Following German reign in Poland the Rebbe and his entire family were all murdered by the Nazis. Additionally, almost all of the Rebbe's many manuscripts were destroyed, save for a few pages containing Chidushim on the Haggadah.