Michtav Bakashah / Appeal of the Grand Rabbi Chofez-Chaim for the Yeshivah in Radun

AUCTION 51 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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Lot 228

KAGAN, ISRAEL MEIR

Michtav Bakashah / Appeal of the Grand Rabbi Chofez-Chaim for the Yeshivah in Radun

Printed appeal. Single page

Vilna: 1931

Est: $100 - $150

R. Israel Meir Kagan (d. 1933), known as the "Chofetz Chaim," was renowned as both the leading halachist and Tzadik of his generation. This letter calls upon Anglo-Jewry to financially assist the representatives of the Radun Yeshiva, Rabbis Moses Landinsky and Hillel Ginsburg (the latter being the Chofetz Chaim's son-in-law)