Letter of recommendation on behalf of a orphan girl whose parents were killed in the Holocaust, for her wedding expenses.

Brooklyn, 1947.

Signed by the Gaon & Tzadik Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Grünwald of Tzeilem, Rebbe Moshe Halevi Horowitz of Boston & Rabbi Mendel Hausman.

27.6 Cm.

The Gaon Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Grünwald (1893-1980), outstanding Torah scholar and holy man. Youngest son and close disciple of Rabbi Moshe Grünwald Rabbi of Khust, the Arugat HaBosem. Served as rabbi of various Hungarian communities, and later of Tzeilem (Deutschkreutz, Austria). In 1938, he settled in Brooklyn, where he founded and headed the Arugat HaBosem community. He campaigned for true Torah observance in the United States, especially on matters of kashrut and purity, and was at the forefront of the establishment of Torah and Chassidut in the United States.

Rebbe Moshe Horowitz (1909-1985) Bostoner Rebbe of New York – Born in Jerusalem, he was the elder son of Rebbi Pinchas and the first Chasidic Rebbe to succeed his father in America, establishing a Bostoner Beis Medrash in Crown Heights, Brooklyn and later in Borough Park, Brooklyn. He was active in the formation of Agudath Israel of America and a member of its Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah, and was a founder of Yeshiva Torah Vodaas. He worked with the Vaad Hatzalah to help settle Jewish refugees in America during and after World War II.

Lot #213

Letter of recommendation signed by the Gaon Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Grünwald of Tzeilem, & Rebbe Moshe Horowitz of Boston. 1947.

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Letter of recommendation signed by the Gaon Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Grünwald of Tzeilem, & Rebbe Moshe Horowitz of Boston. 1947.

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