Two Letters from Rebbe Avraham Elimelech of Karlin

Two Letters from Rebbe Avraham Elimelech of Karlin
Two letters from Rebbe Avraham Elimelech Perlow of Karlin: • Letter acknowledging receipt of letter announcing birth of a baby girl, with warm blessings: "…May you and your wife merit to raise her to Torah, Chuppah and good deeds, in longevity… in tranquility, with blessing and success in all your endeavors". Written by a scribe, with several lines handwritten and signed by the Rebbe. [Karlin, undated. Ca. 1920s-1930s]. • Letter confirming receipt of Pidyon Nefesh money, with blessings: "May he be blessed with all good, to be rescued from all his troubles, and may he be blessed by G-d with a good and happy year, with abundant livelihood and honor as he wishes…". Written by a scribe, with one line handwritten and signed by the Rebbe: "With all good always, Avraham Elimelech son of the pious rabbi". [Jerusalem, undated. Ca. 1920s-1930s]. Rebbe Avraham Elimelech Perlow (1891-1942, Encyclopedia of Chassidut, I, p. 57), most renowned of the six sons of Rebbe Yisrael, the Yenuka of Stolin (known as the "Frankfurter"). Most of the Chassidim of his father in Russia and Eretz Israel followed him, and so as to avoid disputes with the Chassidim of his brother Rebbe Moshe of Stolin, he established his court in Karlin, near Pinsk. He founded the Karlin yeshiva in Luninets. He visited Jerusalem several times, and one of these letters was written during one such a stay. His last visit in Eretz Israel coincided with the outbreak of WWII. When he heard that the Nazis had invaded his town, he wished to return there to be with his community. His Chassidim tried to dissuade him from doing so, but he insisted and travelled back on the last ship leaving Eretz Israel for Europe. He perished in the Holocaust together with his descendants. Two letters. Approx. 20 cm. Fair condition. Tears to folding marks, repaired with acidic tape. Stains. Filing holes.