(Skulener Rebbe. 1898-1982). Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew on personal letterhead, to "Ahuvi"....Elya. Asking him to accept "a small gift with great love," plus blessings for success in learning and raising children
AUCTION 50 |
Thursday, February 24th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art
Lot 241
PORTUGAL, ELIEZER ZUSHYE
(Skulener Rebbe. 1898-1982). Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew on personal letterhead, to "Ahuvi"....Elya. Asking him to accept "a small gift with great love," plus blessings for success in learning and raising children
Brooklyn, New York: 12th Shevat 1976
Est: $600 - $900
PRICE REALIZED $550
The Skulener Rebbe remained in Eastern Europe after World War II and actively sought to repatriate Jewish children who had been hidden among gentiles to escape certain death. In 1959 he and his son (the present Rebbe), were jailed by the Communist authorities in Romania for their activities in encouraging Jewish eduction. After much political pressure, they were released and emigrated to New York three years later. See T. Z. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism p. 173