A rare letter of blessings with blessings for a joyous and kosher Pesach and a blessing for wealth, signed by Maran Rabbi Avraham Elimelech of Karlin with an added word in his handwriting.
A special and important letter from Rabbi Avraham Elimelech of Karlin HY”D, to the famous Chossid Rabbi Aharon Haltowsky, mentioning in it the Chossid Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chaya Halevi Krausz. It includes blessings and prayers for great success and satisfaction from all his descendants and special blessings for the upcoming Pesach holiday.
“And I hereby bless him that he may be blessed from the source of blessings and salvation with all sorts of good, only goodness and kindness will pursue him all the days and give out of largesse and he will celebrate the holiday of Matzos with joy and happiness and Kashrus, according to the desire of he who seeks his fortune and blesses him.”
And the Rebbe adds in his holy handwriting: after the words ‘and blesses him – with all the best’ in initials. After that, he signs with his full signature.
The holy Rebbe, Rabbi Avraham Elimelech of Karlin (1891-1942) was the son of the holy Rebbe, Rabbi Yisrael of Karlin (the Yenuka), and his successor in the city of Stolin and Karlin. People flocked to him from all corners of Wahlin. He established a large Yeshiva for hundreds of students, and was greatly admired by all the Gedolim of the time. His disciple, Rabbi Moshe Mordechai of Lelov described him as ‘our generation’s Ba’al Shem Tov’.
He conducted 4 lengthy visits to the Holy Land, in the years 1925, 1928, 1933, and 1939, and left his indelible mark there. His last visit took place on the eve of WWII, and throughout his travels in Eretz Yisrael he spoke clearly about dark clouds that are covering Europe. In spite of this, and despite numerous imploring from his Chasidim in EY, he returned to his city. He was murdered sanctifying Hashem’s name in Europe on the 14th of Cheshvan 5703 (Oct. 25, 1942).
[1] letterhead from the Rebbe. It is written in the sexton’s handwriting and signed by the Rebbe. Minor stains and fold marks. Very good condition.
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