“… Only his enemies seek plots to come to him circuitously with false words, and one shouldn’t trust their words …”
Letter to Rabbi Zeev Wolf Leiter Av Beit Din of Pittsburgh, dated the 23rd of Iyar, 1925 (17.5.25).
In this letter, the author of Atzei Chaim defends Rabbi Shlomo Fruchter of Săcel who was accused of stealing charitable funds for orphans.
Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, the Admor of Sighet, (1880-1926), “the great person, the giant, the glory of Israel, Admor HaRav HaGaon, the great, holy, noted for his Torah and wisdom in all corners of the world … Maran Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, Av Beit Din of Sighet” (quote from the title page of his work), was an outstanding genius and it was said that he never forget anything that he learned. He was one of the leading Admors in his generation and a leader of Hungarian Jewry. He taught hundreds of disciples and masses flocked to him.
He was born in 1880 to his father was Rabbi Chanania Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, author of the Kedushat Yom Tov and son of the author of Yitav Lev. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Shalom Eliezer Halberstam of Ratzfert, son of Rabbi Chaim of Sanz. In 1904, he succeeded his father in the Sighet rabbinate and in the chassidic court – when he was only 24 years old. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage when he was with his followers in Kleinvarden, at only 46 years of age, in 1926. His works on the Talmud, Torah and festivals are called Atzei Chaim.
[1] double leaf. Ink on paper. 23×15 cm. Written by a scribe, with an added line and signature in the Admor’s hand.
Very fine condition. Fold mark.