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(Rosh Yeshiva of Kletsk, Poland and Beth Medrash Govoha of Lakewood, New Jersey. 1891-1962). Letter Signed in Hebrew on Yeshiva letterhead written to Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung of Manhattan’s Jewish Center.

Auction 53 · Lot 292

(Rosh Yeshiva of Kletsk, Poland and Beth Medrash Govoha of Lakewood, New Jersey. 1891-1962). Letter Signed in Hebrew on Yeshiva letterhead written to Rabbi Dr. Leo Jung of Manhattan’s Jewish Center.

Estimate
$400–$600
Hammer price
$500

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

KOTLER, AARON

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8th Adar

Place

Kletzk

Publication

1937

Description

Personal Pasover greetings and blessings and offering thanks for assistance in support of the Kletzker Yeshiva. With stamps of both the Yeshiva and Rabbi Kotler.

summary

Rabbi Aaron Kotler, was one of the finest Talmudists of his day. A brilliant graduate of the Slabodka Yeshiva, he was married to the daughter of R. Isser Zalman Meltzer, Rosh Yeshivah of Slutzk. R. Kotler went on to found his own yeshivah in Kletzk, Poland, which after the war was famously reorganized in Lakewood, New Jersey.
One page Top margin slightly frayed
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