Interesting letter [approximately 57 words] entirely handwritten and signed by the Admo”r of Gur, Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter, author of Imrei Emet , to the gaon Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky, rosh yeshivah of Etz Chaim in Jerusalem.
In in the letter before us, the Imrei Emet’s startling humility is evident. This, despite his being the leading Admo”r of his generation and leader of Chareidi world Jewry, then based in the glorious pre-Holocaust Poland. The Rebbe apologizes in his letter, and apologizes yet again, with various terms expressing regret, to the rosh yeshivah in Jerusalem, for not mentioning his yeshivah (it cannot be discerned from this letter where he did not mention it), writing as follows: “I hereby apologize;” “who can understand mistakes;” “I will let them know that the matter should be corrected.” And the rabbi is not yet quieted until he has granted permission to Rabbi Tukachinsky to act in his name: “If [you] can correct this I give [you] permission to do so.” The rebbe ends with a blessing: “Seeking [your] well-being and goodness, Avraham Mordechai Alter.”
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the Admo”r Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter .
It is worthwhile to note that letters from the ‘Imrei Emet’ are usually short, written on tiny slips of paper, in contrast to this letter, which is written at length.
[1] leaf graph paper, approximately 13×11 cm. Placed in the original envelope inscribed ‘From the Admo”r of Gur, shlit”a.’
Fine condition. Fold marks. Aging stains in the margins without damage to text or lack.