Bidspirit auction | HALBERSTAM, ELISHA (Grand Rebbe of

HALBERSTAM, ELISHA (Grand Rebbe of Sanz, 1859-1941).  Three Autograph Letters Signed written in Hebrew. * And:  Personal Polish Passport. Letters: *  Thursday, Vayeshev 1936. Written in Hebrew and signed. *  14th of Tamuz, 1935. Written in Hebrew and signed. *  Tetzaveh, 1930’s. Written in Yiddish, no signature. Torn, some words missing. *  Polish passport in name of of R. Elishe Halberstam. Stamps track a journey in 1923 from New York to Gdansk, Poland; via Southampton, UK and the German Free State of Danzig. Lacks pages 1-2 and 5-6. R. Elisha Halberstam was the grandson of the Divrei Chaim of Sanz, son of R. Baruch of Görlitz and son-in-law of his uncle, R. Mordechai Dov of Hornisteipel. He was the rabbi of Görlitz from 1906 after his father’s death, and reluctantly accepted the title of Admor in 1918 at the urging of the Sanzer Chassidim following the death of his brother. At the outbreak of war, R. Elisha was exiled to Siberia and after much self-sacrifice due to being punctilious in his observances, he died of hunger and cold.