(The last Rabbi of Mir, 1859-1942). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead in Hebrew to the directors of the Vaad HaYeshivos.
Auction 91 |
Thursday, November 12th,
2020 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts Featuring an Extensive Collection of Rabbinic Autograph Letters.
Lot 64
KAMAI, AVRAHAM TZVI HIRSCH.
(The last Rabbi of Mir, 1859-1942). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead in Hebrew to the directors of the Vaad HaYeshivos.
Mir: 3rd Tammuz 1933
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $1,100
The writer was the son of R. Eliyahu Baruch Kamai, Rosh Yeshiva of the Mirrer Yeshiva. Following his father’s death, R. Avraham Tzvi Hirsch was appointed Rav of the town of Mir where his brother-in-law, R. Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, served as Rosh Yeshiva.
The Vaad HaYeshivos was an organization initiated by the Chofetz Chaim in 1924, and led by Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, to coordinate financial support for all the yeshivos throughout Lithuania.