Letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager of Visheve - 1929

Letter from Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager of Visheve - 1929
Letter solliciting support for the Beit Yisrael-Vizhnitz yeshiva in Oyber-Visheve, signed and stamped by the yeshiva dean, Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager of Visheve. Oyber-Visheve (Vişeu de Sus), Iyar 1929. Written by a scribe on the official stationery of the yeshiva (with a group photo of the students, from 1927), with the handwritten signature of the Rebbe. The letter is addressed to R. Nachum Shemarya Schechter Rabbi of Darabani, and requests his renewed financial support, in view of his previous generosity on behalf of the yeshiva - assistance especially vital now, with the expansion of the yeshiva to include boarding. The letter concludes with blessings, and with the handwritten signature of the rabbi of the town and yeshiva dean: "Menachem Mendel son of the righteous rabbi". Alongside the signature, the stamp: "Menachem Mendel Hager son of the righteous rabbi of Vizhnitz, rabbi of Oyber-Visheve and the region". Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager of Visheve (1885-1941, Encyclopedia of Chassidut, III, pp. 95-96), son of the Ahavat Yisrael of Vizhnitz. He served from 1908 as rabbi of Vizhnitz, and from 1921, of Visheve (Oyber-Visheve), where he founded the Beit Yisrael yeshiva. After the passing of his father in 1936, he began serving as rebbe. He was a head of Agudat Yisrael and member of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. His teachings are recorded in the She'erit Menachem series - on Torah, festivals and responsa. [1] leaf, official stationery. 30 cm. Good condition. Small tears to lower margin, not affecting text. Stains. Folding marks.