Letter in the handwriting and signature of the Rebbe of Stroppkov Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Lifshitz Halberstam, addressed to Rabbi Bezalel Joltti of Jerusalem, .
The Rebbe turned to the rabbi of Jerusalem following a severe chastity outbreak on Mount Zion by the "Holocaust Basement" where Hasidic poetry evenings in a mixture of women and men from university students disguised as Hssidim dressed up "and editors mix and dance dancers to distribute wine glasses and drink to life". In his letter the Rebbe testifies that: "I saw together with Rabbi R. Eliezer Brizel and our eyes will darken that instead of exhausting the power of 'hands of Esau' will further More continue to sin in the grave injustice of giluy arayot... ..." The Admor adds that it is not easy to curb the breach because the place puts in every evening Income of three to four thousand pounds, and asks a lot of Jerusalem rabbi to do everything in its power to stop it.
The Rebbe Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Lifshitz Halberstam of Stroppkov [1908-1995] The third Rebbe of the Stroopkov Hasidut, and founder of Stroopkov Hasidism in Israel. Sun of Daughter and disciple of Rabbi Shalom Halberstam of Stropkov. Abroad, served as Rabbi Jablonka and a dayan in Bergasas. After the Holocaust, he served as a rabbi in the Bomberg DP camps and in the Franconia Galilee. He immigrated to Eretz Yisrael in the year 1949, and sat down in Ramle There he established a Beit Midrash 'divrey hayim'. In the year 1953 He immigrated to Jerusalem and established the Strufkov Hasidic seminary there.
[1] Official letter leaf. 33x21 cm. Folding marks. Good condition.
