(Av Beth Din of Pinsk - Karlin, 1865-1942). Autograph Letter Signed, written in Hebrew to Rabbi Yosef Shub (at the address of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzenski).

WALKIN, AHARON

4th day of Selichoth

Pinsk

1925

Discusses the Pushke collections for the Va’ad HaYeshivoth, a committee for which had been established in Pinsk.

A close disciple of the Netziv and member of the Kollel Perushim in Kovno, R. Aharon Walkin was a prolific author of over ten volumes of responsa (Zekan Aharon), novellae (Beth Aharon) and sermons (Metzach Aharon). R. Yosef Shub (1897-1942) was R. Chaim Ozer Grodzenski’s right-hand man and director of the Va’ad HaYeshivoth, a Vilna-based umbrella organization that raised funds for the Lithuanian yeshivos. See E. Katzman, Yeshurun, Vol. 11-12 (2002) pp. 891-905, H. Seidman, Eileh Ezkarah I (1956) pp. 64-71.