(Director of Yeshiva at Baranowitch and pillar of Agudath Israel, 1875-1941). Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead to Mrs. Pessia (Jenny) Miller-Fagin of Philadelphia.
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 107
WASSERMAN, ELCHONON.
(Director of Yeshiva at Baranowitch and pillar of Agudath Israel, 1875-1941). Letter Signed, written in Hebrew on letterhead to Mrs. Pessia (Jenny) Miller-Fagin of Philadelphia.
Baranowicz: 1st Kislev 1932
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $1,300
R. Elchanan Wasserman was one of the most distinguished leaders of Eastern European Orthodoxy. Seen as the spiritual successor to the Chofetz Chaim, he served as the Rosh Yeshivah of Baranovitch for 20 years. He was abroad on a fundraising mission when Germany invaded Poland, yet returned to Europe to be with his students. He was murdered by Lithuanian Nazi collaborators in the Seventh Fort of Kaunas Fortress in the summer of 1941 (12th Tamuz).