Lot 300
Collection of Items from the Archive of Rabbi Shimshon Aharon Polonsky, the Teplik Rabbi
Collection of letters, documents, manuscripts, drafts, proofreading leaves for the book Divrei Aharon and books, from the arcive of the Teplik Rabbi - Shimshon Aharon Polonsky
Letters by various rabbis and people sent to the Teplik rabbi: from Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer (Torah correspondence, on the book Even HaEzel); Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank; Rabbi Yisrael Ze'ev Mintzberg; Rabbi Ya'akov Moshe Charlap; Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin; Rabbi Ya'akov Kalmas, the Rabbi from Moscow (2 letters of Torah thoughts, 6 large pages); Rabbi Chaim Ya'akov Levine (letter of Torah thoughts); and more - see additional details in Hebrew description.
Rabbi Shimshon Aharon Polonsky (1876-1948), a leading Torah authority in his times, served in the Teplik rabbinate and was a foremost rabbi of the Volhynia district (Ukraine). In 1922, he immigrated to Jerusalem and served as Rabbi of the Beit Yisrael neighborhood. He was one of the greatest Torah authorities of Jerusalem and many illustrious rabbis observed and served him to receive their own ordination. Throughout his life, he was associated with the family of the Zvhil rebbes. During his last years, he was weak and ill and his grandson Rabbi Nachum Tolkatzov, together with his disciples assisted him in editing his book Divrei Aharon which was printed in Jerusalem in Kislev 1948. He died in Sivan 1948, in the midst of the Israeli War of Independence and was buried in the temporary cemetery in Sheikh Badr [Givat Ram in Jerusalem, in which his friend Rebbe Gedalya Moshe Goldman of Zvhil, was also later buried].
More than 130 items, including more than 60 letters. Size and condition vary.
