Letter from Rebbe Chaim Elazar Spira of Munkacs

Letter from Rebbe Chaim Elazar Spira of Munkacs
Letter from Rebbe Chaim Elazar Spira Rabbi of Munkacs (Mukachevo) and from the directorate of "The Kollel of Munkacs and Ten Regions". Detailed instructions concerning the management of the Kollel and of the new neighborhood "Batei Munkacs" in Jerusalem. Munkacs, Purim Katan [15 Adar I], 1932.
Written by a scribe, with the addition of five lines handwritten and signed by Rebbe "Chaim Elazar Spira – who prays and seeks your wellbeing day and night, worries for your sustenance until the coming of the Redeemer speedily in our days, for the whole and the individual, even when deeply distressed and weak. Awaiting a complete, speedy recovery from Heaven together with the entire Jewish people, and much Heavenly compassion – the abovementioned".
R. Chaim Elazar Spira (1872-1937, Otzar HaRabbanim 6243) was a leading Torah scholar in Halacha and Chassidism in his generation, and a foremost kabbalist. He was the son of R. Tzvi Hirsh Rabbi of Munkacs, the Darchei Teshuva and grandson of R. Shlomo Spira Rabbi of Munkacs, author of Shem Shlomo, a scion of the illustrious lineage of R. Tzvi Elimelech of Dynów, the Bnei Yissaschar. He stood at the helm of campaigns to safeguard authentic Judaism, and his teachings on Halacha and Kabbalah were disseminated all over the Jewish world. In his later years, he founded the Batei Munkacs neighborhood in Jerusalem, and in 1930 arrived in Eretz Israel on a visit marking the completion of the new neighborhood and Beit Midrash. His works include: Responsa Minchat Elazar, Shaar Yissachar, Nimukei Orach Chaim, Divrei Torah 9 Parts, and more. [See: Darkei Chaim VeShalom].
[1] leaf, official stationery. 29 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and damage from filing. Stains and folding marks.