Auction 2 Rare and special items for the High Holidays
Aug 31, 2020 (your local time)
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 17 Perlman Dr. Suite 204 Spring Valley NY 10977
Rare and special items for the High Holidays 
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And doubled his request that the etrog be one of the best of the best - a historical and rare letter from the house ...

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And doubled his request that the etrog be one of the best of the best - a historical and rare letter from the house of the Rebbe Pinchas Tversky from Ostila with the original envelope in which he also mentions his brother-in-law Rabbi Aharon of Belz
Rebbe Pinchas Twersky Rabbi of Ustila (Ustylúh; ca. 1880-perished in the Holocaust 1943), known as "R. Piniele Ustiler" and "Der Ustiler Rebbi", was a leading rebbe in Galicia-Volhyn. He was the son of Rebbe Mordechai of Rachmastrivka, and illustrious son-in-law of Rebbe Yissachar Dov Rokeach of Belz (the Maharid). His marriage to Rebbetzin Chana Rochel was celebrated in Belz in 1900, and he resided there, close to his prominent father-in-law, from 1902. During WWI, he wandered together with his father-in-law to Ratzfert, Munkacs and Oleszyce. In 1923, he was appointed rabbi and rebbe of Ustila, Volhyn, and in 1932, he moved to Pshemishel (Przemyśl). After he began serving as rabbi, his fame quickly spread. He was one of the leading rebbes of his generation, and was accepted in all circles. With the outbreak of WWII, he fled together with his family to Sambor, from which he was deported to Bełżec and murdered, in Iyar 1943, together with his wife and some of their children. One of his surviving descendants was his daughter the Rebbetzin of Skver–USA, wife of his son-in-law Rebbe Yaakov Yosef of Skver–USA. His father-in-law Rebbe Yissachar Dov of Belz held his son-in-law in high esteem, and extolled his great holiness effusively. Reputedly, when he first saw him before the match was concluded, he acclaimed him as one of the greatest souls of the generation. He is also known to have praised him: "Holiness glows from his face"; "It is a segulah for attaining fear of G-d to gaze upon the countenance of a Jew such as him"; "Even fifty years ago he would have been considered exceptional". In the years R. Pinchas lived in Belz, his father-in-law is known to have declared on several occasions: "It is a privilege for me to be together with him under one roof". Whenever the rebbe of Belz wished to know where to find a verse in the Bible or a Rashi, he would ask his son-in-law R. Piniele.
The following is a description of his years in Belz close to his father-in-law: "He was regarded with esteem and awe… he was viewed as a figure from previous generations, holy from birth… he would seclude himself, and remain enclosed in his room bedecked in Tallit and Tefillin, delving in Torah and worship of G-d, day and night, without any profane talk… he would only sleep for a brief stretch of two hours a day… he ate little, and distributed his money to charity…" (Encyclopedia L'Chachmei Galicia, III, pp. 25-26). When R. Pinchas travelled to Ustila to serve as its rabbi, his father-in-law the Maharid blessed him that he should merit to bring salvations to the Jewish people. The blessing was fulfilled, and from the beginning of his tenure as rabbi of Ustila, he earnt the reputation of a wonder-worker, who cured the sick and helped barren women conceive.


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