A Letter Requesting Aid and Rescue from the Son-in-Law of the Kedushat Yom Tov Zt''l – During the War ...

A Letter Requesting Aid and Rescue from the Son-in-Law of the Kedushat Yom Tov Zt''l – During the War Years!

A letter requesting aid and rescue from the holy Rabbi Chaim Meir Yechiel Horowitz of Dzhikov-Melitz Zt''l, sent from his residence during the holocast from the city of Seleușu Mare where he was martyred in sanctification of God's name!

"To the heads of the Ezras Torah organization in the United States, to come to my aid. 'And now I am a weak man, and my expenses are many... Please extend to me, generously and abundantly, in accordance with the honor of my holy forefathers, of blessed memory, as I am in great need...’"

He concludes with abundant blessings: "... May the grace of God rest upon you and all those associated with you, so that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied...’"

The Rabbi signs his name beneath the name of his illustrious father-in-law: "Chaim Meir Yechiel Horowitz... son-in-law of the holy genius, Av Beit Din of Sighet, author of the sefer Kedushat Yom Tov."

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The holy Rabbi Chaim Meir Yechiel Horowitz of Dzhikov-Melitz, Av Beit Din of Rayzenov, may God avenge his blood (1879–1942). He was the son of the holy Rabbi Yisrael of Dzhikov-Melitz, a direct descendant of the holy Rebbi Naftali of Ropshitz, of blessed memory. He was the son-in-law of the holy Rebbi Chananiah Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum of Sighet, author of Kedushat Yom Tov, and the brother-in-law of the holy Rebbi Yoel of Satmar, of blessed memory. He served as the Av Beit Din of Rozhnov. He was martyred, may God avenge his blood.

The entire letter is in his holy handwriting and signed by him!

On official stationery, with slight water stains on a few words.

"... When the news arrived from Selish that his brother-in-law, the holy Rabbi of Rozhnov, may God avenge his blood, was captured and taken by the cursed evil ones, and when this was told to the Rebbi, the scene was terrible and his grief was indescribable. He immediately began various efforts for his rescue..."

(Introduction by Rabbi Yossel Ashkenazi to the Shu"t Divrei Yoel).