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Letter by the Holy Gaon Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Grünwald of Tzeilem to the Agudas HaAdmorim. 1939. - A letter from the Holy Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Grünwald, Av Beit Din of Zelem, to the Admor, Rebbi Menachem Binyamin Ben Zion Halberstam-Rotenberg of Sanz-Widislaw, who served as the President of the Agudas HaAdmorim. ''To the honorable Admorim Union and its chairman, the exalted righteous one, the scion of a noble lineage, may he live and be well: I have received the call to attend the assembly. To my great regret, it is impossible for me to take part in this gathering of Tzadikim, as I have a fixed time to study with the youth of Agudath Israel at that hour...” Postcard, Brooklyn, 1st of Terumah, 1939. The Gaon Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Grünwald (1893-1980), outstanding Torah scholar and holy man. Youngest son and close disciple of Rabbi Moshe Grünwald Rabbi of Khust, the Arugat HaBosem. Served as rabbi of various Hungarian communities, and later of Tzeilem (Deutschkreutz, Austria). In 1938, he settled in Brooklyn, where he founded and headed the Arugat HaBosem community. He campaigned for true Torah observance in the United States, especially on matters of kashrut and purity, and was at the forefront of the establishment of Torah and Chassidut in the United States. Rebbi Menachem Benjamin Ben-Zion Halberstam-Rotenberg of Sanz-Widislaw [1881–1957] A descendant of the righteous dynasties of Sanz and Kashanov, through the holy Rebbi Aharon of Biala-Bilitz and Rebbi Yosef Ze’ev, son of Rebbi David of Kashanov, who was the son of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. On his maternal side, he was the grandson of Rebbi Alter Chaim of Wolbrom, from whom he adopted the surname Rotenberg. He was also a descendant of the righteous sages of Ropshitz, Sanz, Ohel Moshe, Belz, and Apt. From these illustrious lineages, his genealogy extended to numerous righteous figures. He later immigrated to the United States, where he served as the leader of his synagogue and was president of the Agudas HaAdmorim (Association of Rebbes). 8.2 X 14 cm.