(of Munkacz, "the Minchath Elazar," 1872-1937). Typewritten Letter Signed in Hebrew on personal letterhead. With an additional line in middle of the letter in the Rebbe's hand. Written to the officers of Kollel Munkacz in Jerusalem.

SPIRA, CHAIM ELAZAR

Munkacz

1937

Adminstrative and financial matters.

Requests the Kollel officers supply a detailed listing of all members - their character, occupation, level of learning, the synagogue they attend, etc."Do not be afraid of any man! Tell us the truth, not more, not less! " The Rebbe passed away a few short months after this letter was written. His grandson R. Moshe Yehudah Leib Rabinowitz, the present Munkaczer Rebbe, resides in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn. A well-known statement of the Munkatcher Rebbe observed that the Holy Temple was destroyed due to a man named “Kamtza” (see Talmud, Tractate Gittin 55b), whose initials represent: “Kommunisten, Mizrachisten, Tzionisten, Agudisten.”