The holy Rebbe Elisha Halberstam was born in 1860 & was a leading Galician rebbe. Reputedly, his features resembled those of his grandfather the Divrei Chaim, and he was renowned for his adherence to truth.
He was the son of Rebbe Baruch of Gorlitz (son of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz), and son-in-law of his uncle Rebbe Mordechai Dov of Hornostaipil – he married his daughter Yocheved (whose grandfather the Divrei Chaim dubbed "my intelligent granddaughter"). He served as rabbi of Crasna, and following his father’s passing in 1906, he succeeded him as rabbi of Gorlitz (Gorlice).
He first refused to serve as rebbe, and only following the passing of his brother R. Tzvi Hirsh of Rudnik in 1918, did he agree to assume the mantle of leadership, eventually acceding to the pleads of his Chassidim to accept Kvittlach, although he wasn’t at ease with it. With the outbreak of WWII, he was exiled to Siberia, where he continued observing the Torah with exceptional devotion until the slave labor and freezing conditions overcame him, and his soul ascended to Heaven during the Passover Seder night of 1941t, while reciting the Piyut Vayehi BaChatzi HaLayla.
His composition ‘Imrei Noam’ was lost in the Siberian wasteland.
Stamps on title & on the flyleafs.
Original paper cover, taped spine.
A very good sound copy.
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