Important historical material concerning the Lomza Yeshiva in Poland. Contains 20 letters by a broad swath of English Rabbis and Ministers in support of the Yeshiva and praising the emissary Jacob Aryeh Davidson

AUCTION 13 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts Together With Fine Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 449

LOMZA YESHIVA

Important historical material concerning the Lomza Yeshiva in Poland. Contains 20 letters by a broad swath of English Rabbis and Ministers in support of the Yeshiva and praising the emissary Jacob Aryeh Davidson

Autograph manuscripts on paper mostly in Hebrew Ashkenazic cursive script, few in English ff. (47) Browned, stained in places, final few leaves remargined. Bound into recent boards. Folio

v.p.: 1890-1918

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,700

With autographed letters signed by the following Rabbis: Eliezer Shulewitz, Abba Werner (London), Moses Gaster (London), Joel Herzog (Leeds), S. Daiches (Sunderland), M. Dagutsky (Manchester), H. Hurwitz (Sunderland), I.H. Daiches (Leeds), S.I. Hillman (Glasgow), J.S. Joffey (Manchester), M. Segal (Newcastle), J. Mendelson (Glasgow), S.I. Rabinowitz (Liverpool), M.J. Behrman (Middlesborough, S.P. Heilpern, (Gateshead), M. Yosselson (Dublin), J.D. Luria (Hull), Y.M. Sobelson (Gateshead), Avigdor Schonfeld and M. Jung. Also includes signatures and pledges of various donors. Includes a seldom seen broadside by the Chofetz Chaim (R. Yisroel Meir Hacohen of Radin) expressly for the Lomza Yeshiva. Providing a short history of the importance of Yeshivoth especially those of the Chatam Sofer, Akiva Eiger, the Yeshiva of R. Chaim of Volozhin, with particular praise for the founder of the Lomza Yeshiva, R. Eliezer Shulewitz (a disciple of R. Yisrael Salanter)