Written by R. Shimon Shlomo Wertheim, the Rabbi of Benderi, a Printed Wedding Invitation to the Marriage of his son Yoseph, to Chanah, the daughter of R. Eliezer of Ostila, the great-uncle of the groom

(CHASSIDISM)

Odessa

1898

Written in poetic form, each line commencing with initial letter of the names of the the bride, the groom, his father and his grandfather

The Savran / Benderi Chassidic dynasty in Bessarabia was maintained by members of the Wertheim Family. The groom’s grandfather R. Yitzchak (d. 1911) was the son-in-law of R. Yoseph of Radvil. The father of the groom, R. Shimon Shlomo (1865-1925) was a prominant Chassidic leader of pre-War Bessarabian Jewry. The groom (1882-1946) emigrated to Israel. See Alfasi, Ha-Chassiduth, pp. 82-83