Sighet-Satmar Dynasty –
“Take Great Care to Fulfill the Mitzvah of Guarding Your Life” – A Rare and Extraordinary Letter from the Holy Rabbi of Kolbosov, Son of the Yetev Lev of Sighet, Regarding Pesach Stringencies!
A holy letter, containing wondrous guidance and blessings, written by the holy Gaon and Tzaddik, Rabbi Avraham Aharon Teitelbaum of Kolbosov, the eldest son of the Yetev Lev of Sighet, and son-in-law of Rabbi Yechiel of Kolbosov, son of the holy Rabbi Asher Yeshaya of Ropshitz.
Letters from the holy Rabbi of Kolbosov are of the utmost rarity!
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This priceless letter, penned on Monday, Shemini, 12 Nissan 1901, was sent to the chassid Rabbi Mordechai Friedman of Tiszaújlak, who at the time was in need of healing. The holy Rabbi of Kolbosov urged him to avoid adopting stringencies that year for Pesach, writing:
"Please, please, have mercy on your soul and the souls of your household, not to transgress my words. Take great care to fulfill the mitzvah of ‘guarding your life’ (u’shemartem l’nafshoseichem) and do not take upon yourself various stringencies this upcoming Yom Tov, whether regarding matzah or in any other matters."
The holy tzaddik concludes with blessings.
