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Lot 406

Letter by Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik - Boston, 1965

Letter by Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik to Minister Moshe Shapira (blessings for health and greetings in honor of Pesach). Boston, 1965.
Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (J.B.) of Boston (1908-1993) son of Rabbi Moshe ben Rabbi Chaim of Brisk. Disciple of the "prodigy of Meitchet". Served in the rabbinate in several cities and important communities in the USA, and was Dean of "Yeshiva University" in NY. Many books have been published based on his writings and lectures, in Halacha, Aggada, and Jewish philosophy. He was the leader of Modern Orthodox Jewry in the USA, but closer in spirit to the yeshiva world.
Airmail letter, 18.5x30.5 cm. Good-fair condition, damage and tears on margins.