Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Letter by Rabbi Aharon Kotler - 1954
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Letter by Rabbi Aharon Kotler head of "Beit Midrash Gavoha L'Torah B'America". Lakewood, 1954.
Thank-you letter for assistance to the Lakewood Yeshiva, typewritten and signed by Aharon Kotler. After the signature, he adds six lines in his handwriting. On the letter margins he writes: "Tomorrow, I am traveling to Eretz Israel for seven weeks to the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem" and signs again.
Rabbi Aharon Kotler (1892-1962), disciple of the "Saba of Slabodka" and one of the most famous Torah geniuses of the Torah world. [While yet a young man, the Or Sameach foresaw that he would become the Rabbi Akiva Eiger of the next generation]. Son-in-law of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, he served as head of Slutsk Yeshiva and during World War I, escaped with his disciples to Poland and established the yeshiva in the city of Klyetsk. He was close to Rabbi Chaim Ozer and to the Chafetz Chaim. One of the founders of Va'ad HaYeshivot and member of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah in Lithuania. During the Holocaust, he reached the USA, and established the Yeshiva Gedola in Lakewood, New Jersey. He was one of the heads of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah in the US and of the Chinuch Ha'Aztma'i in Eretz Israel.
This letter was written after the death of his father-in-law, Rabbi Isser Zalman who died in Kislev 1954 and Rabbi Kotler was appointed his successor as head of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva and would travel from the USA to Eretz Israel for a few weeks each year.
Official stationery, 28 cm. Good condition, minor creases and folding marks.
Thank-you letter for assistance to the Lakewood Yeshiva, typewritten and signed by Aharon Kotler. After the signature, he adds six lines in his handwriting. On the letter margins he writes: "Tomorrow, I am traveling to Eretz Israel for seven weeks to the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Jerusalem" and signs again.
Rabbi Aharon Kotler (1892-1962), disciple of the "Saba of Slabodka" and one of the most famous Torah geniuses of the Torah world. [While yet a young man, the Or Sameach foresaw that he would become the Rabbi Akiva Eiger of the next generation]. Son-in-law of Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, he served as head of Slutsk Yeshiva and during World War I, escaped with his disciples to Poland and established the yeshiva in the city of Klyetsk. He was close to Rabbi Chaim Ozer and to the Chafetz Chaim. One of the founders of Va'ad HaYeshivot and member of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah in Lithuania. During the Holocaust, he reached the USA, and established the Yeshiva Gedola in Lakewood, New Jersey. He was one of the heads of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah in the US and of the Chinuch Ha'Aztma'i in Eretz Israel.
This letter was written after the death of his father-in-law, Rabbi Isser Zalman who died in Kislev 1954 and Rabbi Kotler was appointed his successor as head of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva and would travel from the USA to Eretz Israel for a few weeks each year.
Official stationery, 28 cm. Good condition, minor creases and folding marks.
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