(Dean of Yeshiva Shaarei Torah, Grodno. 1860-1939). Typed Letter Signed in Hebrew on personal letterhead written to Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung.

AUCTION 53 | Thursday, December 08th, 2011 at 1:00

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SHKOP, SHIMON YEHUDAH

(Dean of Yeshiva Shaarei Torah, Grodno. 1860-1939). Typed Letter Signed in Hebrew on personal letterhead written to Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung.

Concerning a Chanukah fund-raising appeal for the Yeshiva at the Jewish Center in New York. Also records the rabbi’s grief for the loss of his son-in-law, R. Shraga Feivel Hindes who administered the day to day affairs of the Yeshiva without whom he felt “like a ship in the heart of the ocean without a captain.” Two pages. With personal stamp at end

Grodno: 1936

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $650

"R. Shimon" was one of the most highly regarded Roshei Yeshiva in pre-war Europe. He served in Telz and also Maltch, Brainsk and Grodno. For a short period he delivered lectures at Yeshiva R. Isaac Elchanan in New York. His talmudic novellae and lectures recorded in his magnum opus "Shaarei Yosher"(1928) received universal praise.