(Dean of Yeshiva Shaarei Torah, Grodno. 1860-1939). Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew, on letterhead, written to R. Yerachmiel Wexler.
AUCTION 60 |
Thursday, November 14th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects
Lot 351
SHKOP, SHIMON YEHUDAH
(Dean of Yeshiva Shaarei Torah, Grodno. 1860-1939). Autograph Letter Signed, in Hebrew, on letterhead, written to R. Yerachmiel Wexler.
Baltimore: Monday, Parshath Shoftim 1929
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,500
“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. His talmudic novellae and lectures recorded in his magnum opus “Shaarei Yosher” received universal praise. In 1928 he traveled to the United States in order to raise much needed funds for his Yeshiva. After delivering a lecture at Yeshiva University, he eventually acceded to President Dov Revel’s invitation to serve as a Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan (RIETS) in New York. In his absence from Poland, R. Shkop was greatly missed by Rabbis Yisrael Meir Kagan and Chaim Ozer Grodzenski, who pleaded with him to return, which he did a year later.
This letter is from the period he was in America. The stationery is in Hebrew and English along with an American telephone number.