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

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

SHER, YITZCHAK ISAAC.

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Rosh Chodesh Adar

Place

Bnei Brak

Publication

1947

Description

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.

summary

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.

Two pages. Central folds.

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