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Autograph letter signed by R. "Menachem Nachum son of Avraham Yehoshua Heshel". [Shtefanesht (Ștefănești)], 12th of Cheshvan [ca. early 1930s]. Response to a letter of New Year wishes: "You should merit studying Torah with joy and wealth and a happy heart, it should be His will that all of us should come upright to our land". The Admor HaTza'ir of Shtefanesht, R. Menachem Nachum Freidman of Iţcani (1879-1933), was the author of Divrei Menachem, Al HaEmet V'Hasheker, HaChalom U'Pitrono, and more. He moved to Stefanesti succeeding his (childless) uncle R. Avraham Mattityahu in the rabbinate. However, he died at a young age in the lifetime of his uncle and of his father, R. Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Freidman (1858-1940, son of R. Yitzchak of Buhuşi [Bohush] and son-in-law of his uncle R. Menachem Nachum of Shtefanesht), who served as Rebbe of Adjud, Romania, and of Galaţi. Leaf, 25 cm. 8 autograph lines. Good condition. Slight creases and file holes. The top of the leaf bears the Rebbe's stamp from the time he lived in Shtefanesht.