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"I have been informed by the head and president of the Agudah the honorable Mohari Rosenheim that he has given me the honor and merit of obtaining a license to immigrate to the land of Israel and I am feeling deeply grateful for the kindness which he bestowed upon me". A letter by Rabbi Yeshaya Fuerst [Sivan 28], 1938.
Rabbi Yeshaya Fuerst (1856-1943) of Tyrnau- since 1897 served as the rabbi of the "Schif Schull" and Abd of the Charedi community, "Adat Yisrael" in Vienna. Authored the sefer "Chazon Yeshayahu" (London, 1961). He did much for strengthening kashrut and Shemirat Shabbat and was an active member of the "Union for Protecting the Matters of Charedi Jews". In 1912 he participated in the founding conference of "Agudat Yisrael" in Katovich. He helped the refugees who came to the city during World War I and organized many of them within the framework of Agudat Yisrael. He was a member of the presidency of the three conventions of Agudat Yisrael between the two World Wars. He was a talented lecturer who left a deep impression on anyone who heard him, while combining ideas from Parashat HaShavu’ah with words of reproof and responses to events in the Jewish world. In 1937, Rabbi Fuerst received a merit badge from the Austrian President. After the annexation of Austria by the Nazis in March 1938, the sadistic pogroms, persecution and abuse of the Jews of Austria started in order to hasten their forced immigration. Thousands of Jews were sent to Concentration Camps and were physically and mentally abused. Synagogues were desecrated. Rabbi Fuerst’s apartment was also burglarized by the looters, who destroyed his library and took his writings. In 1939, Rabbi Fuerst and his wife managed to move to England, where he passed away on 21 Adar B , 1943.
The letter before us was written after the annexation of Austria, when the Nazi regime led to a policy of persecution and humiliation of Jews. The letter reveals details of Rabbi First’s attempts to immigrate to the Land of Israel during those years of horror.
Filing holes affecting several letters, minor stains, good-very good condition.
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