Esrog Box and Wallet
Drasha Geshank: Wedding Gift Sent by Karliner Chassidim in Jerusalem to Rebbetzin Chana, Daughter of the Admor “Yanuka” of Stolin- Karlin
1] Esrog box crafted of olivewood and adorned in mother of pearl with carvings of holy sites in Eretz Yisrael such as the Western Wall, Mount Zion, Temple Mount, Yad Avshalom, Me’aras Hamachpelah, Teveria and Tombs of Zechariah and Shmuel Hanavi.
Engraved on the cover are the following words:
A gift of d”g [Drasha Geshank] for the honorable bride B”M [Bas Melech] Admor, Maras Chanah tlit”a from Chassidim of Karlin in the holy city of Yerushalayim t”v
The box was designed similar to an esrog box.
Size: 18.5 cm on bottom base. Height: 12 cm. The inside is lined with red velvet. Without its lock.
An additional silver esrog box sent by Karliner Chassidim to the bridegroom in honor of the wedding was engraved with the identical message. (Kovetz Beis Aharon V’Yisrael of Chassidus Karlin (Issue #64 Tishrei-Cheshvan, 2013. Page 143)
2] Wallet adorned in mother of pearl with ornamental frame and carvings of Temple Mount and a Star of David.
Leather base, lined with wood on both sides and adorned with mother of pearl on top. Width: 14.5 cm. Height: 10 cm. Minor damage to frame.
Belz-Karlin Wedding
Rebbetzin Chana was the youngest daughter of the venerable Admor ‘Yanuka’ of Karlin-Stolin. She married Harav Shalom Rokeach of Apta, son of the Admor Harav Yissachar Dov of Belz and younger brother of Harav Aharon of Belz.
The wedding, which took place on the 11th of Shevat in 1928, made history and was widely attended as this was the first time that a Lithuanian Chassidus as Karlin had married into the Galician Chassidus of Belz.
Harav Shalom of Apta was renowned as a pious chassid and tzaddik who was admired and praised by his elder brother Rav Aharon of Belz. He and his wife Chana, daughter of the Yanuka of Karlin, and their children all perished in the Holocaust.
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The Drasha Geshank Gift
Since the times of the Baal Shem Tov it was customary for chassidim to present a drasha geshank (wedding gift) to the bride and groom of their Chassidic courts. In Belz, specifically, the gifts and givers were announced during the wedding meal. Sefer Taamei Haminhagim (Letters 982-983) clarifies why these gifts were relayed specifically to the bride.
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