Official marriage certificate signed by the officiating Rabbi, the Admo”r Rabbi Yekutiel Yehudah Halberstam, author of Shefa Chaim of Sanz.
The marriage certificate was written on an official form of the Va’ad HaIr L’Kehillot HaAshkenazim, ‘ the previous name of the Bada”tz HaEdah HaChareidit, for the marriage of R’ Naftali Chaim Wieder and the bride Simma, daughter of Avraham Dov Rosenfeld. The wedding took place at the Kings’ Hotel in Jerusalem on 12 Elul 1957. It is interesting to note that in the section on the bridegroom’s details the expression “Lacks citizenship” appears. It is known that the Klausenberger Rebbe devoted himself to the welfare of Holocaust survivors and strengthening their Judaism. The bridegroom was apparently a Holocaust survivor who settled in Switzerland and had not yet received citizenship.
Rabbi Yekutiel Yehudah Halberstam [1905-1994] was the Admo”r of Sanz-Klausenberg. He was born in Rudnik, Galicia. His father, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch, who was the city’s rabbi, was a son of Rabbi Baruch, the Admo”r of Gorlice, son of the founder of the Sanz Chassidic dynasty, Rabbi Chaim Halberstam, author of Divrei Chaim . As a youth, he studied under “the Dukler Rebbe” and later on under Rabbi Meir Yechiel of Ostrovtza. He was rabbinically ordained by Rabbi Meir Arik. He lost his wife and their 11 children in the Holocaust, and afterwards established a new family and revived the Chassidut in the United States and in Israel, which became one of the largest and most influential Chassidic courts. The Rebbe, with his almost supernatural powers, founded many enterprises and projects, including those not specifically connected to the Chareidi community, and which never occupied Chassidic Admo”rim, such as: the Kiryat Sanz neighborhoods in Netanya and in Jerusalem; Laniado hospital; the Union City neighborhood in New York, and other centers around the world; Mif’al HaShas, and more. The Sanzer Rebbe was known for his superlative genius, his sanctity, his awesome majestic prayers, and his wonders. His Torah thoughts are printed in the book series Shu”t Divrei Yaztiv and in Shefa Chaim .
[1] leaf official stationery, 25 cm.
Fine condition: Aging stains. Filing perforations. Fold marks. Tiny tears in the margins without damage to text.