(Rebbe of Chakova-Sanz, 1896-1967). Autograph Postcard Signed, written in Hebrew to M.L. Landau in Breslau.
Auction 92 |
Thursday, February 18th,
2021 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts
Lot 80
HALBERSTAM, YA’AKOV
(Rebbe of Chakova-Sanz, 1896-1967). Autograph Postcard Signed, written in Hebrew to M.L. Landau in Breslau.
Cologne: 7th June 1929
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
The son of R. Sinai of Kaushitz and Zemigrad, who was the son of R. Baruch of Gerlitz, and the son in turn of the Divrei Chaim. R. Ya'akov Halberstam married the daughter of R. Shalom Shatz of London. He was appointed Av Beth Din in Chakova and in 1942 came to Jerusalem, where he established Yeshivas Divrei Chaim-Chakova. He spent time in New York and was very active in the Va'ad Hatzala Organization seeking to rescue European Jews. See Encyclop. HeChassidus, col. 234.