(Grand Rebbe of Zinkov, 1813-66). Letter Signed, written in Hebrew.

HESCHEL, MESHULAM ZUSHYE.

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Inviting the recipient to the wedding of his son R. Yechiel, to Mirl Rokeach, the daughter of Grand Rebbe Yehoshua (Shiale) of Belz.

R. Meshulam Zushye was the son of R. Yitzchak Meir of Zinkov and grandson of R. Avraham Yehoshua Heschel, the Apter Rov. He published his grandfather’s work Oheiv Yisrael in 1863. The family were said to have settled in the town of Zinkov as the absence of non-Jewish houses of worship there resulted in a more spiritually refined environment. The Choson, (1843-1917) became the Admor of Krolevitz. The Kallah was the the daughter of the second Belzer Rebbe.