“… and may we all merit the speedy redemption of the Jewish people …” (from the Rebbe’s blessings in the letter before us)
Lengthy letter, entirely handwritten and signed (twice!) by the Admo”r Rabbi Shaul Yedidyah Taub of Modzhitz. Regarding the Admo”r’s rescue from the killing valley in Poland. The letter was sent to Rabbi David Perkowitz of Jerusalem. Otwock, 1940.
The letter before us was written, as stated, in 1940, at the height of the terrible Holocaust. The Rebbe tells of his suffering in his letter, of the wandering and the terrible tortures he and his family are undergoing; that they fled the Germans and were imprisoned by the Russians. He also tells of his two year old son whose fingers became frostbitten. The Rebbe, in his gentleness, hints to Rabbi Perkowitz that money would help him very much to be extracted from the killing valley, and he expresses his great appreciation for the ‘derishah’ (apparently he is referring to the arrangement of a ‘certificate’). At the end of the letter, the Rebbe separately thanks Rabbi Meir Berlin (Bar-Ilan) for his efforts on his behalf, and again signs his name. The Rebbe concludes his letter with blessings.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the Admo”r Rabbi Shaul Yedidyah Elazar Taub .
[1] leaf paper, 28×21 cm. Ink on official stationery, entirely in the Rebbe’s hand and with his signature.
Fine condition. Fold marks, tears in the folds and in the margins without lack to the text.