Auction 93 Part 2 - Ancient Books, Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters

Letter of Recommendation Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Michael Dov Weissmandl – New York, 1954

Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium

Letter handwritten and signed by R. Michael Dov Weissmandl. New York, 1954.
Letter of recommendation for a student in his yeshiva. R. Weissmandl explains that the student fallen on hard times and was compelled to leave the yeshiva, and asks to support him.


R. Michael Dov Weissmandl (1904-1958), tremendous Torah scholar, prominent rescue activist during the Holocaust and founder of the Nitra yeshiva in the United States.


[1] leaf, official stationery. 27.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and folding marks, slightly affecting text (repaired in part with tape).

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