Letter by the Admor Rabbi Aharon of Belz

Letter of condolences and blessings from the Admor Rabbi Aharon Rokach of Belz [1953].

Specifications: [1] leaf on official stationary. 27x21 cm. With his holy signature.

Background: The letter was sent to the mayor of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Mr. Yisrael Rokach, conveying condolences, a blessing for good health, and a blessing that he should merit to manage the city in the ways of Torah ... Yisrael Rokach was a distant relative of the Admor.

Unique Features: The top of the letter is stamped with: Grand Rabbi A. Rokach from Belz. The text does not contain, "lo tosifu ledava od," since the Belz custom was to omit this phrase, which was only introduced at a later period.

The letter was transcribed by the gabbai, and signed with the Admor's holy signature. The Admor was accustomed to underline the letters "ע-ק", which is the abbreviation of Amalek [refer to Bekedushato Shel Aharon, part 2, p. 83]. The signature before us contains the aforementioned lines. Letters from him are especially rare.

Background: Attached is an expert opinion affirming without a doubt that this is an authentic signature in the Admor's own hand. He also relies on another expert who stated: It is clearly his signature, as is evident in every letter of the signature. 

Rabbi Aharon Rokach of Belz [1880-1957], a wondrous figure of an ascetic tzaddik whose spirit was privy to the upper worlds, and was famed as a wonder worker. He was the firstborn son of the Admor Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokach of Belz. Orphaned at a tender age, he grew up in the shadow of his grandfather, the Admor Rabbi Yehoshua of Belz. From an early age he was known for his piety; so much so that Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, the Rebbe of Sieniawa, said that the evil inclination had apparently forgotten about him. He became Admor in 1926. All of his sons, daughters and grandchildren were lost in the Holocaust. He re-established the Belz chassidic movement. Thousands of Jews from all walks of life took part in his funeral. He was buried on Har HaMenuchot in Jerusalem, and his grave became a holy site.

Condition: Fine. Fold marks and creases.