(Dean of Yeshiva Shaarei Torah, Grodno. 1860-1939). Secretarial Letter Signed, in Hebrew on personal letterhead, written to Rabbi Joseph Rosen.

SHKOP, SHIMON YEHUDAH.

Grodno

1926

Offers congratulations upon being appointed Rabbi of Passaic. Requesting R. Rosen’s assistance to the Yeshiva representative during the course of his visit to America soliciting funds. Describes the pressure and duress he is under due to the general depression in Europe. “Businesses are closed and tens of thousands are unemployed and hungry.”

“R. Shimon” was one of the most highly regarded Roshei Yeshiva in pre-war Europe. He served in Telz, 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.