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Auction 75 · Lot 288
(Lutzker Rav, 1881–1966). Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew, written to Rabbi Eliyahu Botchko.
(Lutzker Rav, 1881–1966). Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew, written to Rabbi Eliyahu Botchko.
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
SOROTZKIN, ZALMAN
printer
Wednesday, Vayeitzei
Place
London
Publication
1949
Description
Thanking Rabbi Botchko for his excellent letter to Chief Rabbi Herzog expressing a clear stance against the Sanhedrin proposal. Expresses his anxiety relating to internal problems of Agudath Israel. Mentions R. Aaron Kotler, Messrs. Tress and Harry Goodman.
summary
Son-in-law of the founder of the Telz Yeshiva R. Eliezer Gordon, R. Zalman Sorotzkin was one of the leaders in Eretz Israel of the post-war Agudath Israel movement, instrumental in establishing both the Va’ad HaYeshivoth and Chinuch Atzmai. R. Eliyahu Botchko (d. 1956), a disciple of the Alter of Novardok, established in 1927 Yeshiva Etz Chaim in Montreux, Switzerland. It served as a haven during the War for many scholars. Among the eminent personalities who studied there was the recently departed Gadol Hador R. Aaron Leib Steinman.
Two pages, on letterhead of the British Aid Committee for the Vaad Hayeshivoth. Stained and faded in places.
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