Letter on the official stationery of the Torat Chessed yeshivah of Slonim in Baranovich. The letter was written by the shammash with an additional [3] lines handwritten and signed by the Admo”r Rabbi Shlomo David Yehoshua [Maharashd”i] Weinberg of Slonim. The letter was apparently written before the Holocaust. The Admo”r asks the managers of the Ohr Torah yeshivah of Tiberias, a yeshivah which was under his leadership, to help him with an immigration certificate for a student who wanted to ascend to the Land of Israel. The Admo”r writes: “Please hurry and send it as soon as possible because time is of the essence and who knows what each day will bring.” Rabbi Shlomo David Yehoshua Weinberg [1914-1944] was the fourth Admo”r of Slonim Chassidism, son of the Admo”r Rabbi Avraham Weinberg II of Slonim and son-in-law of the Alexander Rebbe. He was appointed Admo”r already at the age of 21, after his father, Rabbi Avraham, passed away unexpectedly. Despite his youth, he became known as one of the greatest Admo”rim of Polish Lithuania. He also served as the president of the Torat Chessed yeshivahs in Baranovich, which were founded by his father and as president of Ohr Torah in Tiberias (the addressee of the letter before us). He was occupied with public affairs, a member of Agudat Yisrael and participated in the third knessiah gedolah of Agudat Yisrael in Marienbad. He served as a beacon of light during the Holocaust. Members of the underground and of the Judenrat sought his advice. He walked around the ghetto, helping the sick and the needy, continuing to conduct himself as Admo”r and wearing his Chassidic clothes. His opinion was that one had to sacrifice himself even for rabbinical prohibitions. Before he was executed, he removed his coat, because he did not want to become a martyr wearing a coat which may have contained sha’atnez. The Admo”r marched to his death with his head held high, telling the Jews who went with him: “The midrash says that G-d dyes His clothes with the blood of those killed al Kiddush Hash-m, and when the Day of Judgment comes, He wears them.” He added in Yiddish: “What could be more important than being impressed in G-d’s clothes?” His Torah thoughts were published in 1967 in Zikaron Kaddosh by the Admo”r Rabbi Shalom Noach Berezovsky, who was his childhood friend. [1] official leaf. 28×22 cm. Fine condition. Fold marks. Tears in the folds and in the white margins, without damage to text.