“My son Aharon … is, Baruch Hashem, satisfied and studying diligently … In my opinion, it is worthwhile, from both the spiritual and material perspectives, that he continue to stay in the Land of Israel …”
One-of-a-kind Chassidic letter with especially important content. Entirely handwritten and signed by the wonder-worker, the Admo”r Rabbi Shimon Nattan Nota Biderman of Lelov, one of the leading Admo”rim of the previous generation. The letter is addressed to the Rebbe’s father [and mother], the most sacred wondrous Admo”r Rabbi Moshe Mordechai of Lelov. The two tzaddikim are corresponding here about the one who will eventually succeed them in the sacred dynasty! Brooklyn, New York, Tuesday, 9 Nissan [no year indicated].
Some time after his wedding, the Admo”r Rashna”n of Lelov immigrated to the United States, where he established his beit midrash . He led this study hall until his father, Rama”m of Lelov, passed away in 1987. At that point, the Rashna”n was summoned to the Land of Israel by the Chassidim to succeed his sacred father. This letter indicates that the Rashna”n’s son, later his primary successor, Rabbi Aharon Biderman, stayed to study in the Holy Land, under the supervision of his sacred grandfather, Rama”m of Lelov; he did not travel with his father to America.
Alongside the historic-Chassidic value of this letter, which enfolds within it the most recent golden links of the glorious Lelov dynasty – the Rama”m of Lelov, his son and successor the Rashna”n of Lelov, and the latter’s son and successor, the Rebbe, shlit”a. It is worth noting the expressions used by the Rebbe, whose words never went unfulfilled, about his son and successor.
As is known, until his appointment as Admo”r, Rabbi Aharon Biderman centered his life in America, where he married and where all his children were born and lived, while his two brothers stayed with their father in the Land of Israel. However, when his sacred father passed away, the majority of the Chassidim appealed to him, and he ascended to the Land of Israel where he established his court in Beit Shemesh and led the Chassidut to become dominant and influential. In connection with this, the Rebbe’s words bear all the more significance: “In my opinion, it is worthwhile, from both the spiritual and material perspectives that he continue to stay in the Land of Israel”!
It is worth noting that manuscripts from the Admo”rim of the Lelov dynasty are especially rare. How much more so such a lengthy letter [over 160 words] in the relatively rare penmanship of the Rashna”n of Lelov, and with such important content, which enfolds within it the three most recent golden links of the glorious Lelov dynasty.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the addressee of this letter, Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Biderman , the writer, the latter’s son and successor the Admo”r Rabbi Shimon Nattan Nota Biderman and the subject of the letter, his son and successor, the Admo”r Rabbi Aharon Biderman .
[2] pp, 21 cm. The Rebbe’s official stationery, over 160 words handwritten and signed by the Rebbe.
Fine-very fine condition. Aging stains. Fold marks.