Lot 279
Letter by Rabbi Reuven Grozovsky – Kamenets, 1927
Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Reuven Grozovsky. [Kamenets, 1927]. Sent to the Agudat Yisrael management in Vilna, requesting a teacher for the the Beit Ya'akov school in Kamenets. Rabbi Reuven Grozovsky (1886-1958), son of Rabbi Shimshon Grozovsky, rabbi in Minsk and illustrious son-in-law of Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz, head of the Kamenets Yeshiva. In his youth he was one of the foremost disciples of the Saba of Slabodka. An outstanding Torah scholar, leading head of yeshivot in Lithuania and in the US. Assisted his eminent father-in-law in managing the Kamenets Yeshiva. During the Holocaust, he escaped to the US, headed the Beit Midrash Elyon of the Torah VeDa'at Yeshiva and was one of the heads of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah in the US. Known for his articles sharply opposing nationalism and Zionism, printed in Ba'ayot HaZman. His profound discourses were printed in the four parts of Chiddushei Rabbi Reuven and in other books featuring his Torah teachings. Postcard, 14.5 cm. Approximately 12 handwritten lines. Very good condition. Date and place - according to postmarks.
