Auction 9
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Aug 2, 2016
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Harav Maimon 2, Jerusalem
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LOT 33:
Letter by the Rabbi of Bilgoraj, on Behalf of His Brother the Rebbe Rabbi Aharon of Belz - Jerusalem, [1945]
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Sold for: $4,400
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A letter in the handwriting and with the signature of the Rebbe Rabbi Mordechai Rokeach of Belz, the Rabbi of Bilgoraj, on behalf of his brother the Rebbe Rabbi Aharon of Belz. Without a date. [Jerusalem, most likely August 1945]. The letter is addressed to Rabbi Aaron Milevsky, the Rabbi of Montevideo. The Rebbe's stamp is in the letter's margin.
In the letter the Rebbe thanks Rabbi Milevsky for his book "Minchat Aharon", and notes: "My honored brother read and learned from his book and was pleased with it. I also learned from it and I was pleased by it…".
Later in the letter he blesses Rabbi Milevsky on behalf of his brother, the Belzer Rebbe on "his efforts and hard work for the benefit of his honor", and for the benefit of Holocaust refugees "who are connected to his honor". He also requests for him in the future, "to make a fund raiser and to come to help", and blesses him with a good new year.
In the letter's margin is an addition in the handwriting and with the signature of Rabbi Hillel Vind, the Gabbai of the Belzer Rebbe: "I mentioned the entire list before his honor the Rebbe and he blessed each of them…".
The Rabbi of Bilgoraj, Rabbi Mordechai Rokeach (1901-1950), the son of the Rebbe Rabbi Yissachar Dov of Belz. After his father's death he was appointed as the Rabbi and Av Beit Din of Bilgoraj, and was subservient to his older brother who served as the Rebbe. During the Holocaust, he escaped with many wanderings to his brother the Rebbe, and together they went from place to place until they managed to escape to Hungary and from there to Israel. With his immigration to Israel he became one of the most prominent figures in Israel and helped his brother to re-establish the Belzer Chassidut. In 1946, after he discovered that his wife and children were murdered in the Holocaust he re-married, and died a short while later at a young age. His only son from that marriage is the current Belzer Rebbe.
21.5X25.5 cm.
Condition: Very Good. Folding signs.
Very rare!
