(Rosh Yeshivath Slabodka, 1875-1952). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew, on letterhead, to Rabbi Eliezer Goldstein of Manchester.

AUCTION 64 | Thursday, March 19th, 2015 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Ceremonial Objects, Maps and Graphic Art

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SHER, YITZCHAK ISAAC.

(Rosh Yeshivath Slabodka, 1875-1952). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew, on letterhead, to Rabbi Eliezer Goldstein of Manchester.

Recounts details of his wife’s illness, with excerpts of a Mussar-shmuess that Rabbi Sher heard from his father-in-law, the Alter of Slabodka, and progress report concerning the new Yeshiva building in Bnei Brak. Two pages. Central folds.

Bnei Brak: Rosh Chodesh Adar 1947

Est: $600 - $900

Rabbi Sher was the son-in-law of Nathan Tzvi Finkel, affectionately known as the “Alter” of Slabodka. Later appointed Rosh Yeshiva, nonetheless, his fame rests upon his in-depth Mussar-Shmuessen, published under the title Leket Sichoth Mussar.