(Of Bilgoray, Chassidic Rebbe. 1902-1949). Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew, written to the Belzer Chassidim of America.

ROKEACH, MORDECHAI.

7th Adar

Tel Aviv

1946

Letter of recommendation for the ‘Mekubal’ R. Moshe Yair Weinstock.

R. Mordechai of Bilgoray was the son of R. Yissachar Dov of Belz and the younger half-brother of R. Aaron of Belz. Both brothers, R. Aaron and R. Mordechai escaped Europe during the war reaching Eretz Israel in 1944. R. Mordechai became the main spokesman for Belz and until his untimely death, the right hand representative of his brother the Belzer Rebbe. The present Rebbe of Belz, R. Yissachar Dov Rokeach, is the son of R. Mordechai of Bilgoray. R. Moshe Yair Weinstock was one of a most prolific Kabbalistic authors publishing over twenty volumes in his lifetime on all esoteric kabbalistic matters. This especially warm letter shows R. Mordechai’s appreciation for his scholarship and noble personality. He writes to the Chassidim that to support such a “Gavra Rabah” (great person) is not an everyday occurrence.