Immigration Certificate of Rebbe Tzvi Aryeh Twersky of Zlatopoli – Vienna, 1939

Immigration Certificate of Rebbe Tzvi Aryeh Twersky of Zlatopoli – Vienna, 1939
Palestine Immigrant Certificate (booklet), with a passport photograph, filled-in by hand and stamped by the Palestine Office of the Jewish Agency. Vienna, 1939.
Immigration certificate issued by the Jewish Agency, for Rebbe Tzvi Aryeh Twersky of Zlatopoli and his family, upon their immigration to Eretz Israel. The certificate states that his wife Chava and daughter Malka are immigrating with him, and offers the following information: Profession – rabbi, nationality – Germany; they left Vienna on 20/2/1939, and sailed on the Adriatica to Haifa. The last page bears a stamp of the immigration office in Tel Aviv from 7/3/39.
Rebbe Tzvi Aryeh Twersky of Zlatopoli-Chortkov (1897-1968) was the youngest son-in-law of Rebbe Yisrael of Chortkov and the son of R. Mordechai Yosef Twersky of Zlatopoli. R. Tzvi Aryeh was very dear to his father-in-law R. Yisrael of Chortkov, who influenced him greatly with his holiness and conduct. He was short, and his father-in-law would say that in his small body rests a great, high soul. He would sometimes even instruct the congregation to wait to begin the repetition of the Amidah prayer until his son-in-law R. Tzvi Aryeh finished praying (Al HaTzaddikim VeAl HaChassidim, p. 313). He was renowned as an exalted Tzaddik, who worshipped G-d without interruption nor distractions. A man of truth, humble and modest. During WWI, he moved to Vienna together with his father-in-law, the Rebbe of Chortkov, and after the latter's passing in 1934, the Chortkov Chassidim in Tel Aviv asked him to immigrate to Eretz Israel since they wish to appoint him rebbe over them. In his humility, R. Tzvi Aryeh declined their offer and remained in Vienna. Upon the Nazi invasion of Vienna in 1938, he was incarcerated in Dachau together with his nephew, R. Shlomo of Chortkov. In 1939, he was released and succeeded in escaping to Eretz Israel, together with his family (bearing the present certificate). He established his Beit Midrash in Tel Aviv and was considered a leading rebbe of the Ruzhin dynasty in Eretz Israel. After the passing of his nephew Rebbe Shlomo Friedman of Chortkov, R. Tzvi Aryeh was appointed also as rebbe of Chortkov Chassidim, and was the last rebbe of the Chortkov dynasty. His only daughter was the wife of R. Pinchas Biberfeld, rabbi in Tel Aviv.
Booklet: [1] front cover, [2] leaves, [1] back cover. Lacking [2] last leaves. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor tears and wear.