Two Bank Cheques Signed by Ruzhin Rebbes

Two Bank Cheques Signed by Ruzhin Rebbes
Two bank cheques by "Barclais Bank". Tel Aviv, 1946.
Rabbi Yisrael Friedman – Rebbe of Hosiatin signed one cheque, Rabbi Avraham Ya'akov Friedman – Rebbe of Sadigura, signed the other cheque.
Rebbe Israel of Hosiatin, eldest of the Rebbes of Ruzhin, was the last grandson of Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin. He was born in 1858 to his father Rabbi Mordekhai Feivish of Hosiatin, and he served in the latter’s place
from the year 1894. He arrived in Vienna in 1914. In 1937 he came to live in Tel Aviv.There is a well-known story regarding his prayer on grave of the Holy Or Ha-Hayim during the Second World War, after which he clearly foresaw that there would be no Nazi rule in Eretz Israel. He died in Tel Aviv in 1948, and was buried in Tiberias.
Rabbi Avraham Ya’akov Friedman, Rebbe of Sadigura – Vienna – Tel Aviv, was great grandson of Rabbi Isreal of Ruzhin. Born in 1884 to his father Rabbi Israel, son of Rabbi Avraham Ya’akov, of Sadigura, son of Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin. Son-in-law of Rabbi Yitzhak Meir of Kopitshnitz. In 1907 he became Rebbe of Hasidic court as well as a founder of Agudat Israel, and active member of the Va’ad Ha-Po’el and Mo’etzet Gedolei Ha-Torah. Before the Holocaust he came to Tel Aviv, where he established his court, which he led until his death in 1961.
8 X 19.5 cm. Good condition, time-stains and a tear.