Auction 118
Part 2. Seforim, Kabbalah & Chassidut, Manuscripts & Rabbinical letters. Belongings of Tzadikim & Amulets
Dec 17, 2019
Israel
3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem
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LOT 286:
Handwritten and Signed Letter by the Admo"r Rabbi Yechezkel of Ostrovtza
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Handwritten and Signed Letter by the Admo"r Rabbi Yechezkel of Ostrovtza
Lengthy letter [22 lines] by the Admo"r Rabbi Yechezkel of Ostrovtza, in the name of his father, Rabbi Yechiel Meir, about his Chassidim in the Holy Land. Ostrovtza, 1908.
The letter was written in his father's lifetime, and in it the Admo"r refers to his father's Torah which he sent to the Land of Israel: "And he [Rabbi Meir Yechiel] said to me that it was good that I wrote you this Torah." In his letter, his deep humility is evident: "I request that you mention me at the holy sites during the high holidays, that I merit accepting the yoke of Torah and the yoke of the heavenly kingdom upon myself, that I repent completely." At the end of the letter, he signs, "Yechezkel HaLevi son of the Rabbi, the gaon, shlit"a. The rebbe extends a blessing in his letter: "With a blessing [that you be] inscribed and sealed for good, and all goodness, selah."
Rabbi Yechezkel HaLevi ofֲ Ostrovtza [1887-1942] was the second Admo"r of Ostrova, son of Rabbi Yechiel Meir, who was known to have fasted forty consecutive years to prevent the Holocaust (tzaddikim of the generation compared him to the tanna Rabi Tzaddok who fasted forty years to prevent the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash [tractate Gitten]). It is known that the Nazis especially searched for leading rabbis. In 1942 the Gestapo demanded that Rabbi Yechezkel be handed over, or else 200 of the city's Jews would be burned. The rabbi said in response: "It's better that I be sacrificed for the community and not the reverse." He immersed in a mikveh, said selichot and vidui at dawn, and on the 10th of Tevet at 9:00 in the morning, the Nazis came and shot him to death. Most of his writings were lost in the Holocaust; the little that remained was published under the title Kodshei Yechezkel.
[1] stamps and postmarked postal postcard. 14x9 cm. Entirely handwritten and signed by the rebbe. Fine condition. Minimal aging stains and ink smudges.
