Lot 269
Letter by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Chasman – Concerning Va'ad HaYeshivot
Letter by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Chasman signed with his initials: "Y.H.L.". Szczuczyn, Nisan 1925. The letter was sent to the Chairman of Va'ad HaYeshivot, Rabbi Yosef Shub, on the official postcard of the "Central Committee for Yeshivot Ketanot in Poland". Rabbi Yehuda Leib Chasman (1869-1934), a leading Torah scholar of his times, study partner and childhood companion of Rabbi Chaim Ozer from their native city of Iwye. Student of Beit HaTalmud in Kelm. Served as mashgiach of Telz Yeshivah during the time of Rabbi Shimon Shkop. From 1909, he served as Av Beit Din of Szczuczyn, and established a Yeshiva Gedola which was closed at the outbreak of World War I. After the war, with the ensuing destruction of Torah institutes and communities, he dedicated himself to the activities of the Va'ad HaYeshivot in Vilna. He was a confidant of the heads of the Va'ad: Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, the Chafetz Chaim and Rabbi Shimon Shkop. In 1927, the Saba of Slobodka called him to succeed him as mashgiach of his yeshiva in Hebron, a position he held until his death in 1935. His Torah novellae were printed in his book Minchat Yehuda and his discourses were printed by his leading disciples in the three volumes of Or Yahel. Postcard, 14X9.5 cm. More than 10 handwritten lines. Good condition. File holes.
