Autograph letter signed by Rabbi Meir Shapira Av Beit Din and head of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. [US, ca. 1926-1927].
Letter on official stationery, by Rabbi Meir Shapira, from the time he traveled to the US, during 1926-1927, to raise funds to build the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. [At the beginning of the leaf is an illustration of the yeshiva building, divided into wings: the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva - Maharshal, Maharsha and Maharam]. On the verso are many inscriptions, apparently in the handwriting of the Maharam Shapira: an outline for a sermon and lists of donors, with their names and the names of their mothers to include in his prayers.
Rabbi Meir Shapira (1887-1934), Av Beit Din of Pietrykaŭ and Lublin, head of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, initiator of the Daf HaYomi, one of the founders of Agudat Yisrael and one of the leading rabbis of his times. One of the most young and dominant rabbis of the Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah, the Maharam Shapira of Lublin was one of the most prominent rabbinical figures of recent generations.
Head of yeshiva, sharp and witty, an outstanding Torah scholar with incredible knowledge of Halacha and Aggadah. A Chassid who clung to his Rebbes. Gifted lecturer, multifarious achiever and activist, he was a member in the Sejm (Parliament) of the Second Polish Republic. He died without offspring but used to say that he had two children: the first - the Daf HaYomi, and the second - the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva.
Official stationery, 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear to margins and to paper folds. Light stains.