Document Signed by Rebbe Nachum Mordechai of Chortkov and Rebbe Yisrael of Boyan – Tel Aviv, 1940

Document Signed by Rebbe Nachum Mordechai of Chortkov and Rebbe Yisrael of Boyan – Tel Aviv, 1940
Document - "Request concerning a sale" of a real-estate transaction recorded in the office of the books of properties in Safed, signed by the seller Rabbi "Yisrael Friedman" and by the buyer, Rabbi "Nachum Mordechai Friedman". [Tel Aviv] 1940.
Rebbe Nachum Mordechai Friedman of Chortkov (1874-1946), son and successor of Rebbe Yisrael of Chortkov and son-in-law of Rabbi Shlomo Friedman of Sadigura was raised by his grandfather Rabbi David Moshe of Chortkov and was renowned for his integrity and aristocratic conduct. During World War I, he moved with his father to Vienna and was his father's right hand. In 1934, he was appointed as his father's successor and became one of the greatest Rebbes in Galicia, which he visited numerous times. One of the heads of Agudat Yisrael and member of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah. In 1939, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Tel Aviv.
His brother-in-law Rabbi Yisrael Friedman of Leipzig-Boyan (1878-1951), son of Rebbe Yitzchak of Boyan and son-in-law of his uncle Rabbi Shlomo Friedman of Sadigura. In 1917, he served as Rebbe of Boyan in Vienna and in Leipzig and was one of the most renowned rebbes of his times. Many people thronged to his home for his counsel and blessings. the elder Boyan Chassidim said that his appearance was similar to the awesome holy appearance of his grandfather Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhyn. In 1939, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and settled in Tel Aviv (from 1940, he merited kindling the Lag BaOmer bonfire in Meron at the gravesite of Rashbi – a privilege he inherited from his ancestors).
Leaf, 33 cm. printed on both sides, part completed by hand. Good-fair condition, wear to folds of paper and to edges, light foxing.