(Rabbi of Thorn and author of Drishath Zion, 1795-1874). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to R. Yisroel Bornstein.

KALISCHER, TZVI HIRSCH

Sunday of Parshath Chukath

Thorn (Prussia)

1871

Recommending R. Yitzchak Groneman as suitable to serve in the rabbinate. “He has sent me many original pilpulim, all written in a clear and fluid style.”

A student of R. Akiva Eiger, R. Kalischer authored numerous works, including Drishas Tzion (1866) in which he outlined his ideas regarding the resettlement of the Land of Israel. This led to the formulation of the organization “Chevrath Yishuv Eretz Yisrael.”