Especially poignant wedding invitation sent by famous Holy Rebbi Shlomo Chanoch HaKohen Rabinowitz of Radomsk to the wedding of his only daughter Raizel to the Gaon Rabbi Dovid Moshe Ha’Cohen Rabinowitz. Sent to the famous Holy Rebbe Yisroel Freidman of Chortkov.
Sosnowiec, 1928. Printed at the rare press of M. Zeidner in Bendin.
On the back is a handwritten letter in honor of the Holy Chortkov Rebbe with 5 lines & signature in the Holy hand of the Radomsk Rebbe ”In honor of his holiness … & please remember me for good, that I should have a complete recovery and merit to see from the couple only Nachas with upright offspring blessed.
He concludes, "Shlomo Hanoch Hakohen, son of Tzivye Pesil, actively serving for the World-to-Come and the era of the Redemption, and success in all matters."
Letters of him are exceedingly rare!
The famous Holy Rebbi Shlomo Chanoch HaKohen Rabinowitz [1844-1942] served as Admor of Radomsk with the passing of his father in 1911, and until his murder on 18 Av 1942 in the Warsaw ghetto. He was known as a tremendous wonder-worker, and suffered bitter torments all his life. At a young age he was appointed as the Admor. He established a network of 40 yeshivot all over Poland called "Keter Torah." He lived in Sosnowiec in Poland, and was one of the most important Admorim
When WWII started, his chassidim prepared a plan for him to flee from Europe to the Land of Israel. When they presented him with this plan, he said that he does not want to flee, he wants to be with all the Jews, and their fate will be his fate. Indeed, on Shabbat of the Torah portion of Ekev 1942, he was murdered in his home by a regiment of Nazi soldiers Hy”d.
He served as the final Admor of Radomsk. With his passing, the magnificent Radomsk dynasty established by the Tiferet Shlomo was cut short. Some of his Torah thoughts appear in the Sefer Shivchei Cohen. His biography appears in the books Toldot Shivchei Cohen and Shivchei Malchut Radomsk.
The Gaon Rabbi Dovid Moshe Ha’Cohen Rabinowitz (1906- 1942), was a descendant of the Tiferes Shlomo as well as the son in law of the Holy Rebbe Shlomo Chanoch Rabinowitz of Radomsk. Known as tremendous Illui and great Talmid Chochom, he served as Rosh Yeshiva of the Kesser Torah network of Yeshivos founded by his father in law. In 1939, there were 36 Kesser Torah Yeshivos with an enrollment of over 4,000 students in Poland and Galicia. He was renowned throughout Poland and following the passing of Rabbi Meir Schapiro, he was asked to become Rosh Yeshiva in Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin. During the Holocaust, incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto, he continued to deliver shiurim to Kesser Torah students, until his tragic murder by the Nazis Hy”d.. Author of Shivchei Cohen.
The Holy Rebbe Yisroel Freidman of Chortkov [1854-1934] the son of Rebbe David Moshe of Chortkov and the son-in-law of his uncle the Holy Rebbe Avraham Yaakov of Sadigura, who were each, the sons of the Holy Rebbe Yisroel of Ruzhyn. His mother was the daughter of the Holy Rebbe Aharon of Chernobyl.
Thousands came to his court, headed by leading rabbis, Poskim and Geonim, such as Rabbi Meir Shapira of Lublin, and Rabbi Meir Arik of Tarnow. Due to the upheavals of World War I, the Rebbe left Galicia and re-established his court in Vienna.
He was one of the founders of the worldwide Agudas Yisroel, which he saw as a way to raise the crown of the Torah and Jewry everywhere and bring Klal Yisroel closer to their Father in Heaven. He served as president of Mo’etzes Gedolei HaTorah.
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