(Admor of Pavnitz / Pabianice, 1867-1939). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead, to the Community Leaders of Lodz.

Auction 92 | Thursday, February 18th, 2021 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts

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Lot 136

WELTFRIED, EMMANUEL

(Admor of Pavnitz / Pabianice, 1867-1939). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead, to the Community Leaders of Lodz.

Urging the community to create a fund to benefit local exceptional Talmidei Chachamim who are financially destitute, yet “it is beneath their dignity to request aid directly.” One page. 4to.

Lodz: Sunday of Parshath Tazria 1932

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $400

R. Emmanuel was a son of R. Avraham Moshe of Przedborz (1840-1918), a son-in-law (from his first marriage) to R. Yehoshua of Dzikov and (from his second marriage) to R. Aryeh Leib of Ozharov. He was a great-grandson of the Chozeh of Lublin (his grandfather R. Emmanuel, whom he was named for, was the son-in-law of R. Yisroel the son of the Chozeh). A son-in-law of R. Emmanuel was R. Moshe Yechiel HaLevi Epstein of Ozerov-Chentchin (1889-1971), author of Eish Dos and Be'er Moshe. See https://www.geni.com/people/Emanuel-Weltfreid-Pabianicer-Rebbe-in-Lodz/6000000009498248158.