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(The last Rabbi of Mir, 1859-1942). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead in Hebrew to the directors of the Vaad HaYeshivos.

Auction 91 · Lot 64

(The last Rabbi of Mir, 1859-1942). Autograph Letter Signed written on letterhead in Hebrew to the directors of the Vaad HaYeshivos.

Estimate
$300–$500
Hammer price
$1,100

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

author

KAMAI, AVRAHAM TZVI HIRSCH.

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3rd Tammuz

Place

Mir

Publication

1933

Description

Letter of recommendation on behalf of Rabbi Reuven Oberstein of Lida “a skilled darshan.”

summary

The writer was the son of R. Eliyahu Baruch Kamai, Rosh Yeshiva of the Mirrer Yeshiva. Following his father’s death, R. Avraham Tzvi Hirsch was appointed Rav of the town of Mir where his brother-in-law, R. Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, served as Rosh Yeshiva. The Vaad HaYeshivos was an organization initiated by the Chofetz Chaim in 1924, and led by Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, to coordinate financial support for all the yeshivos throughout Lithuania.
One page, punch-holes. 4to.
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