Auction 51 Part I - Books Chassidism Manuscripts Rabbinical Letters
Letter by Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz
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Autograph letter signed by Rabbi Baruch Dov Leibovitz, head of the Kamenets Yeshiva. Kamenets (Kamyanyets), 1936.
Letter of appointment for fundraising for the yeshiva. Sent to Rabbi Koppel Kahana Av Beit Din of Białowieża: "…And I hereby grant the honored Torah scholar the power and entitlement to deal in the matters of the yeshiva, and his authority should be like mine, to travel to whomever he deems correct…to reinforce our holy yeshiva whose very existence is at risk".
Rabbi Baruch Dov (Ber) Leibowitz (1864-1940), a leading disciple of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk at the Volozhin Yeshiva, succeeded his father in law, Rabbi Zimmerman in the Halusk rabbinate in which he established a yeshiva. After 13 years, he was asked to serve as Rosh Yeshiva of Knesset Beit Yitzchak in Slobodka which eventually moved to Vilna and later to Kamenets. He became one of the most illustrious Torah teachers of his generation. Author of Birkat Shmuel on Talmudical treatises, his Torah teachings became a foundation for deep yeshiva Talmudic study.
The recipient: Rabbi Koppel Kahana (1895-1978), Av Beit Din of Puszcza Białowieska (Poland) and of Rozanai. Son of Rabbi Shlomo David Kahana, rabbi in Warsaw. During the Holocaust, he reached England and became a prominent rabbi in London. He authored Birkat Cohen, Nachalat Cohen, The Case for Jewish Civil Law in The State Of Israel, etc.
Official stationery, 28.5 cm. Approximately 14 written lines. Fair condition, wear. Tears to folding marks.
Letter of appointment for fundraising for the yeshiva. Sent to Rabbi Koppel Kahana Av Beit Din of Białowieża: "…And I hereby grant the honored Torah scholar the power and entitlement to deal in the matters of the yeshiva, and his authority should be like mine, to travel to whomever he deems correct…to reinforce our holy yeshiva whose very existence is at risk".
Rabbi Baruch Dov (Ber) Leibowitz (1864-1940), a leading disciple of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk at the Volozhin Yeshiva, succeeded his father in law, Rabbi Zimmerman in the Halusk rabbinate in which he established a yeshiva. After 13 years, he was asked to serve as Rosh Yeshiva of Knesset Beit Yitzchak in Slobodka which eventually moved to Vilna and later to Kamenets. He became one of the most illustrious Torah teachers of his generation. Author of Birkat Shmuel on Talmudical treatises, his Torah teachings became a foundation for deep yeshiva Talmudic study.
The recipient: Rabbi Koppel Kahana (1895-1978), Av Beit Din of Puszcza Białowieska (Poland) and of Rozanai. Son of Rabbi Shlomo David Kahana, rabbi in Warsaw. During the Holocaust, he reached England and became a prominent rabbi in London. He authored Birkat Cohen, Nachalat Cohen, The Case for Jewish Civil Law in The State Of Israel, etc.
Official stationery, 28.5 cm. Approximately 14 written lines. Fair condition, wear. Tears to folding marks.
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