Lot 451
Letter by Rabbi Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik – Boston, 1963
A letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik, to Rabbi Eliezer Silver. Roxbury, Boston, 1963.
Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (J. B.) of Boston (1908-1993) son of Rabbi Moshe son of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk. Disciple of the “Prodigy of Molchad”. Served in the rabbinate of several cities and important communities in the USA, and was Head of Yeshiva University in the USA. Many books have been published based on his writings and lectures, on Halacha, Aggada, and Jewish philosophy. He was the leader of Modern Orthodox Jewry in the USA, but closer in spirit to the yeshiva world.
Official stationary, 28 cm. Good condition, folding marks.
