Auction 33 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Historic Letter from Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik Av Beit Din of Brisk

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Letter regarding the struggle for the Torah education of the “Aliyat Ha'Noar” children. Handwritten and signed by the Brisker Rav, Rabbi Yitzchak Ze'ev HaLevi Soloveitchik. Jerusalem, Iyar 1949.
"…I have spoken to Rabbi Menachem Porush and have given him a copy of the letter from Aliyat HaNoar… about the new situation of accepting children in religious institutes and in yeshivot. And now they have already carried out their intentions and they have sent letters that until their demands regarding the education and the teachers will be fulfilled, they will absolutely not allow one child to enter these institutions…".
Official stationary, 27.5 cm. Approx. 12 lines in his handwriting. Good condition.
This important letter is unknown and not included in the collection of “Igrot Maran Riz HaLevi” (Jerusalem, 2008).
Archive of Rabbi Eliezer Silver
Archive of Rabbi Eliezer Silver