(Rosh Yeshiva of Ponovezh, 1899-2001). Autograph Letter Signed in Hebrew, written on letterhead to Aharon Rubinstein.

SHACH, ELAZAR MENACHEM MAN.

6th Nissan

Bnei Braq

1982

Advice concerning the appropriate approach to master the study of Talmud, advises to constantly review one’s studies and to consult the Ra’n and the Rashb’a to assist in understanding Tosaphoth.

From the indisputable leader of the faction of Orthodoxy that prizes intense Torah learning as the ultimate priority, a personal letter to a young student offering guidance in regard to the appropriate style and intensity in which to comport oneself in relation to Talmud study. Rav Shach was the pre-eminent leader of Lithuanian Jewry in the post-War period. His dominating personality had a profound effect on the religious, social and political outlook of Chareidi Jewry, especially in Israel.