(Chassidic Rebbe of Zmigrod, 1870-1941). Letter Signed (with final eight lines autograph), in Hebrew on letterhead, written to Yisroel Menachem Horowitz of Mainz.

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Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 267

HALBERSTAM, SINAI.

(Chassidic Rebbe of Zmigrod, 1870-1941). Letter Signed (with final eight lines autograph), in Hebrew on letterhead, written to Yisroel Menachem Horowitz of Mainz.

Thanks for donation and offering good wishes for the recipient’s pregnant wife and profuse good wishes for his other children and their futures, “everything should be turned around for the good.” Two pages. With original postmarked envelope.

Zmigrod: 2nd March 1926

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

Son of R. Baruch of Gorelitz and grandson of R. Chaim Halberstam of Sanz. Upon the outbreak of the war, he escaped to Lemberg but was ultimately deported to Siberia where he perished in the forests of Omsk. See Y. Alfasi, Traklinei HaChassiduth p. 757.