Lot 87:

Heiter Agunos Letter by the Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Naftali Teitelbaum of Nirbator

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Aerogram handwritten by the Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Naftali Teitelbaum of Nirbator and sent to Av Beis Din Opola in Jerusalem and to Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook.

In the postcard letter, Rabbi Naftali writes to an unknown Rav ‘I do not know him and shall call him the holy Rav Av Beis Din of the Opola community in the Holy Land’ about a woman who came to him crying bitterly about her husband who travelled to the Holy Land, leaving her lonely and an Agunah. His last letters arrived from Opola, therefore the Rav of Nirbaotr Rabbi Naftali is writing him this letter. The letter was sent to the address of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook.

The Holy Gaon Rabbi Naftali Teitelbaum Gaon Av Beis Din of Nirbator [1867-1938] one of the greatest rabbis of Hungary in his generation. One of the leaders of the fighters against the Zionist Movement. The son of the Holy Gaon Rabbi Yisroel Yokel Teitelbaum Av Beis Din of Volova, the son of Rabbi Shmuel Av Beis Din of Gorlitz the son of Rabbi Eliezer Nissan of Drohovitz the son of the Holy Rav the Yismach Mohse of Ohel. His mother was the daughter of the Holy Gaon Rabbeinu the Yitav Lev. He served as the Rav of Nirbator for forty years. Was admired by the greatest rabbis of the generation. Was renowned for his Rabbanus, pure prayers and the yeshiva he had established in his town, where Gedolei and Chachmei Torah grew.

Official postcard of the Rav of Nirbator. handwritten on both its sides and signed by him. Postmarks and stamps. Very good condition.

Measurement: 10 x 15 CM

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