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

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $650

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author

SHKOP, SHIMON YEHUDAH

Place

Grodno

Publication

1936

Description

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.”

summary

"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.

Two pages. With personal stamp at end

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