Appeal for funding for the Gateshead Women’s Seminary

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Lot 236

DESSLER, ELIJAH ELIEZER.

Appeal for funding for the Gateshead Women’s Seminary

Autograph letter in Hebrew on letterhead of Beth Midrash LeMoroth/Training College for Women Teachers of Torah Education, addressed to Rabbi Dr. Hillel Medalia of Antwerp, and signed “E.E. Dessler.”

Gateshead: 1947

Est: $350 - $500

Rabbi Elijah E. Dessler (1891-1954) is considered one of the last great proponents of the Mussar School founded in Lithuania by R. Israel Salanter. His multivolume work, “Michtav Me’Eliyahu,” remains a classic of ethical literature This letter to Hillel Medalia, prominent rabbi of Antwerp, was sent by Rabbi Dessler on behalf of Mrs. Iris Samuel of the prominent English family, on her fundraising mission on behalf of the fledgling Women’s College. With typical modesty, Rabbi Dessler describes himself simply as a member of the “gizbarut” (financial committee) of the Seminary.