I will betroth you to me forever
Official Bada”tz Edah HaChareidit marriage certificate for the wedding of the sacred youth, Pri Etz Chayim Rabbi David Twersky – later the Admo”r of Rachmastrivka and one of the leading tzaddikim of our generation, shlit”a. Jerusalem, 1972.
Aside from the spiritual value of this sacred document, it contains important historic-Chassidic details about the Admo”rim of the Rachmastrivka dynasty. Details of the Admo”r and his wife, details of the Admo”r’s father, their place of residence, where the wedding took place and who the witnesses were.
The document was written by several writers in several different scripts. The name of the rabbi’s father was written without any title (Admo”r, Rav, R’) so it is possible that the Rebbe ztz”l himself wrote it. The bridegroom’s father’s occupation is listed as “ben yeshivah” and not Admo”r or Rav – as befits the famous traditional humility of the house of Rachmastrivka. The bridegroom and bride’s signatures are also in different scripts from the rest; they may be authentic signatures.
Officiating at wedding ceremonies of the righteous of the generations, especially from such lofty dynasties, is a most uplifting and sacred matter. The book Sar HaTorah (Jerusalem, 2010) relates that before the gaon of Tshebin’s second wedding, just before the ceremony, the gaon of Tshebin turned to the officiating rabbi, the Da’at Sofer, and said to him that before the rabbi of Ruzhin married his second wife, he called the officiating rabbi into a room and spoke to him for a while. When the officiating rabbi left the room, his face was white as a sheet. “From this story we learn, ” continued the gaon of Tshebin, “that wedding ceremonies of rabbinic leaders conceal lofty matters far beyond our comprehension.”
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the Admo”r Rabbi David Twersky of Rachmastrivka .
[1] leaf official paper. 22×28 cm.
Fine condition. Filing and staple perforations.