Karlin Treasure: Pair of Important Letters Handwritten by the Tzaddikim of the Dynasty - the Yanuka of Karlin and ...

Karlin Treasure: Pair of Important Letters Handwritten by the Tzaddikim of the Dynasty - the Yanuka of Karlin and his son, Rabbi Avraham Elimelech

Letter no. 1 from the Yanuka of Stolin - Blessing for wealth: "A person's gift creates expansion for him" [see Rash"i]; Astonishing line: 'B'Ezrat Hashem, Jerusalem ...'

Wondrous letter of blessings, rare and extraordinarily important  from the Admo"r Rabbi Yisrael Perlow - the Yanuka of Stolin, one of the leading Admo"rim of all generations, who began to lead a community at the age of four and a half! When he was 13 years old, he received rabbinic ordination from gedolei hador. [Mid-1800s]. To the best of our examination, this letter has not been printed.

This letter was sent by the rebbe to the renowned Chassid, Rabbi Aharon HaLevi Kalmanov, who was in charge of the Karlin Kollel in Jerusalem. The rebbe expresses his appreciation for the sum of five pounds that Rabbi Kalmanov had sent to him, and blesses him with abundance, signing, "A person's gift creates expansion for him, Yisrael son of Rabbi Asher." This is a rare sacred amulet - a manuscript by the Yanuka of Stolin, who blesses him with expansion and wealth."

It is wondrous to read the words the Yanuka wrote at the beginning of the letter, 'B'Ezrat Hashem, Jerusalem ...' - as was traditionally written on letters coming from Jerusalem, yet most astonishing is that according to all historians of Chassidism, the Admo"r Rabbi Yisrael Perlow - the 'Yanuka' of Stolin, never even visited the Holy Land?!

Historians of Chassidut who heard about the letter offered several theories about this astonishing line, but came to no consensus. One of the possibilities raised  was that it was known that near the end of his life, the Yanuka planned to ascend to the Land of Israel, but time ran out and he passed away while travelling to Frankfurt for medical care, and he was buried there. Said historian claimed that perhaps from the time the Rebbe planned to ascend to the Land, he signed his letters as if he was already there - but there is no other evidence for this.

[1] leaf paper, 11x14 cm.

Fine condition. Fold marks. Aging stains.

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Letter no. 2 from the Admo"r Rabbi Avraham Elimelech of Karlin - Rare blessings for wealth: Success and great expansion, you will have the privilege of giving from pleasure and abundance ... Avraham Elimelech son of the tzaddik ... important topics.

Rare letter loaded with rare blessings for wealth and success entirely handwritten and signed by the most sacred Admo"r Rabbi Avraham Elimelech Perlow of Karlin, one of the leading Admo"rim over the generations, and the only one who clearly foresaw the Holocaust with his Divine inspiration. Yamim Nora'im [undated].

Most of the Rebbe's rare letters are actually written by the gabbai, yet this letter is entirely handwritten and signed by the Rebbe himself. This fact is especially important in that the letter itself is full of rare blessings for wealth, nachat, salvation, long life, to be sealed for the good, for a blessed year, for his prayers to be accepted, and more - a rare amulet handwritten by the tzaddik hador.

The sacred Rebbe whose blessings were always fulfilled grants rare blessings for wealth and success: "May Hashem help that words that come from the heart enter the heart and that we all merit together to see the salvation of the Jewish people ... May [you] be blessed with a good year, much success and great expansion. May you have the privilege of giving from pleasure and abundance ... [Your] friend, who blesses [you] to be inscribed and sealed immediately for the good, long life and all goodness, Avraham Elimelech son of the tzaddik ..."

[1] leaf paper, 22x14 cm, on Rebbe's official stationery.

Very fine condition. Fold marks. Aging stains.

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for brief biographies of the Admo"r Rabbi Yisrael Perlow of Karlin, and his son, the Admo"r Rabbi Avraham Elimelech Perlow of Karlin.