(Lutzker Rav, 1881–1966). Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew, written to Rabbi Eliyahu Botchko.

AUCTION 75 | Thursday, March 08th, 2018 at 1:00 PM

Auction of Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Antiquities, Ceremonial Objects & Graphic Art

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Lot 288

SOROTZKIN, ZALMAN

(Lutzker Rav, 1881–1966). Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew, written to Rabbi Eliyahu Botchko.

Thanking Rabbi Botchko for his excellent letter to Chief Rabbi Herzog expressing a clear stance against the Sanhedrin proposal. Expresses his anxiety relating to internal problems of Agudath Israel. Mentions R. Aaron Kotler, Messrs. Tress and Harry Goodman. Two pages, on letterhead of the British Aid Committee for the Vaad Hayeshivoth. Stained and faded in places.

London: Wednesday, Vayeitzei 1949

Est: $400 - $600

Son-in-law of the founder of the Telz Yeshiva R. Eliezer Gordon, R. Zalman Sorotzkin was one of the leaders in Eretz Israel of the post-war Agudath Israel movement, instrumental in establishing both the Va’ad HaYeshivoth and Chinuch Atzmai. R. Eliyahu Botchko (d. 1956), a disciple of the Alter of Novardok, established in 1927 Yeshiva Etz Chaim in Montreux, Switzerland. It served as a haven during the War for many scholars. Among the eminent personalities who studied there was the recently departed Gadol Hador R. Aaron Leib Steinman.