"To my dear nephew, R. Ch.E. A., may he live a long and good life.
Enclosed is a check for $650 and another check for 150 Polish złoty.
Income has significantly decreased, and as you can understand, there is a need to economize on expenses. I have already borrowed substantial amounts to send you every month. May the Almighty grant you a complete recovery.
Your uncle, who seeks your welfare and goodness, A.M.A.
Greetings to all the friends."
The Holy Rebbi Avraham Mordechai Alter (1866–1948), the third Rebbe of the Gur dynasty, was the son of the Sfas Emes, a revered Torah scholar and tzaddik. He was a founder of the Agudath Israel movement and a prominent leader of Orthodox Jewry before the Holocaust. Rebbi Alter was the spiritual guide of tens of thousands of Gur Chassidim in Poland. During the Holocaust, most of his followers and many of his descendants perished, but he miraculously survived and made his way to Jerusalem, where he re-established the Gur Hasidic community and its yeshivas. His remaining sons were the Rebbes: the Beit Yisrael, the Lev Simcha, and the Pnei Menachem. He is known as the "Imrei Emes" after the title of his written works.
The recipient of the letter, Rabbi Chaim Elazar Alter, was the son of the holy Rabbi Menachem Mendel Alter of Pabianice, brother of the Rebbe. He served as the administrator of the Sfas Emes Yeshiva in Jerusalem.
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