(Rosh Yeshiva of Kamenitz, 1864-1939). Autograph Letter Signed, written on letterhead in Hebrew.
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 66
LEIBOWITZ, BARUCH BER.
(Rosh Yeshiva of Kamenitz, 1864-1939). Autograph Letter Signed, written on letterhead in Hebrew.
Kamenetz: 5th Tishrei 1938
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $1,900
R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz was one of the prime disciples of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk, his teacher at the Volozhin yeshiva. As Rosh Yeshiva of Knesses Beis Yitzchak, the non-mussar offshoot of the Slabodka yeshiva named for R. Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, R. Leibowitz was an exponent of the style of Talmud study pioneered by R. Chaim, his teacher. R. Leibowitz’s Birkas Shmuel and Shiurei Rabbi Baruch Ber are widely studied in yeshivos to this day.