Bidspirit auction | RABBI TZVI HIRSH MEISELS, RABBI

RABBI TZVI HIRSH MEISELS, RABBI OF WEITZEN AND AUTHOR OF MEKADSHEI HASHEM – INTERESTING LETTER TO RABBI YISRAEL ARYEH ZALMANOWITZ, RABBI OF ACCO. This interesting letter begins with New Year greetings and continues by answering Rabbi Zalmanowitz’s question as to why Rabbi Meisels does not come to live in Eretz Yisrael. Also includes Torah notes. Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Meisels (1902-1974), son of Rabbi David Dov of Ujhely and son-in-law of I. Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Teitelbaum of Limanow and II. Rabbi Yosef Panet of Dez. Famous rabbinic scholar. Rabbi of Neumarkt (1925) and Weitzen (1930). Famous for his heroic spiritual leadership during and after the Holocaust. Rabbi of the Bergen Belsen D.P. Camp, where he re-established religious life and dealt with the post-WWII problems of agunos. Rabbi of She’eris Yisrael community in Chicago (from 1947) and author of Binyan Tzvi, Mekadshei Hashem and other works. Rabbi Yisrael Aryeh Zalmanowitz (1917-2003), a disciple of Rabbi Mendel Hager of Vishova and Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda Halberstam of Klausenburg. Head of Yeshiva in Borsha (1941). After liberation in Bergen Belsen, Rabbi Zalmanowitz served as Rabbi and religious leader in the camp until settling in Eretz Yisrael in 1949. Rabbi of Yavneh, and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Acco (from c. 1960). Author of Chayei Nefesh. 2 sides. 18.5 x 26.5 cm. Excellent condition.