Collection of dozens of letters from various rabbis – from Lithuania, Russia, the United States and Eretz Israel – sent to R. Alexander Zushe Eliaschewitz, between 1935 and 1949.
The letters are addressed to R. Alexander Zushe Eliaschewitz (ca. 1880-1948), an outstanding Torah scholar, was a disciple of R. Isser Zalman Meltzer in the Slutsk yeshiva. He served as rabbi of Chereya and Chocimsk in Russia from 1902. In 1933, he published in Riga his book Drashot L'Ameinu U'LeDateinu. After immigrating to Eretz Israel in ca. 1934, he served in the rabbinate of Tel-Aviv and published his book Elef HaMagen in three parts (Jerusalem, 1945-1946). During those years, he also gave lectures on the Talmud on the radio in Tel-Aviv. Most of the letters were sent to him in Tel-Aviv, relating to his books.
· A lengthy Torah letter from R. Zelig Reuven Bengis. Kalvarija, 1935 (signed twice). · A lengthy letter (7 pages) of Torah thoughts from R. Tzvi Pesach Frank Rabbi of Jerusalem. Tel Aviv, 1947. · A letter from R. Kalman Beineshowitz Rabbi of Kelm (Kelmė). Kelm, 1935. · A letter from R. Tzvi Yaakov Bleiman Rabbi of Karasubazar (Bilohirsk) and from 1922, of Oran (Varėna). Oran, 1935. · A letter from R. Moshe HaLevi Lipschitz. Philadelphia, 1935. · A letter from R. Tzvi Hirsh Farber. London, 1947. · A letter from R, Avraham Leib Silberman. Safed, 1947. · A letter from R. Yaakov Meskin. Bronx, N.Y., 1947. · Dozens more letters from many rabbis, friends and family members.
Approx. 40 letters. Size and condition vary. Most in good condition.