FRIEDMAN, DOVID MOSHE.
(Grand Rebbe of Chortkov, 1828–1903). Autograph Letter Signed, written in ...

FRIEDMAN, DOVID MOSHE.
(Grand Rebbe of Chortkov, 1828–1903). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew.


A recommendation to assist in the wedding preparations for the son of R. Nachman Tzvi Epstein of Kolomyia.
One page. Worn, heavy folds. 8vo.
(Czortków): 1899


Son of R. Yisroel of Ruzhyn, R. Duvid Moshe was the first Rebbe of Chortkov. His first wife was the daughter of R. Aharon Twersky of Chernobyl. His second wife was his first cousin, a daughter of his brother R. Shalom Yosef Friedman of Sadigura. In 1865, 14 years after the death of his father, the Rizhiner Rebbe, R. Duvid Moshe settled in Chortkov forming his own community there. Soon his followers were one of the largest Chassidic groups in Galicia, numbering in the tens of thousands. The Rebbe led an ascetic life and although he preferred to detach himself from world affairs and distance himself from communal disputes, he was nonetheless an influential leader of Central European Jewry. To this instance, he agreed to meet with Theodore Herzl who had sent him a personal letter hoping to garner his support for the Zionist Movement, however the meeting never materialized. His teachings have been published in Divrei Dovid, Beith Yisroel and Knesseth Yisroel, etc.