Auction 44 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Memorandum of Va'ad HaYeshivot to the Joint Management on the Subject of the Importance of Torah Study, Signed by Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky
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Memorandum sent from the Va'ad HaYeshivot to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, concerning the importance of Torah study in Lithuanian yeshivot consolidated into Va'ad HaYeshivot, signed by the head of the Va'ad, Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky, Vilna, Cheshvan 1938.
Four page detailed letter, in Yiddish, titled at the top of each page: "To the honored members of the directorate of the Joint". On Page 4 is the stamp of the management of the Va'ad HaYeshivot in Vilna and the signature of Rabbi Chaim Ozer.
The content: Torah knowledge and mitzvah adherence is the basis for the existence of the Jewish people. At all times and in all generations, there were always individuals who studied Torah all the day and invested all their strength into their studies. And so the Torah was transmitted from generation to generation. The Jewish people accepted the obligation to grant these men this privilege and supported Torah learners so that they could study without the yoke of dealing with material needs. Large centers of learners were educated by Torah leaders for knowledge and comprehension of the Torah. These centers are called yeshivot. In the previous generation, most of the yeshivot were concentrated in the vicinity of Lithuania, the eastern region of the Polish Republic. These yeshivot produced leading rabbis and spiritual leaders of the Jewish people. The character of rabbis all over Russia, and most of the rabbis who reached the USA, Africa, Australia and throughout Europe were fashioned in these yeshivot.
Further in the memorandum is an interesting description and analysis of the situation after World War I and the task of the rabbis who studied in yeshivot to reinforce Jewish settlements all over the world. Descriptions of the existential difficulties of the yeshivot and of Torah learners. Establishment of Va'ad HaYeshivot in 1924, and a report on the Va'ad operations in granting a certain part of the Yeshiva budget.
4 leaves, official stationery, 29 cm. High-quality bluish paper. Very-good condition, folds and minor creases.
Four page detailed letter, in Yiddish, titled at the top of each page: "To the honored members of the directorate of the Joint". On Page 4 is the stamp of the management of the Va'ad HaYeshivot in Vilna and the signature of Rabbi Chaim Ozer.
The content: Torah knowledge and mitzvah adherence is the basis for the existence of the Jewish people. At all times and in all generations, there were always individuals who studied Torah all the day and invested all their strength into their studies. And so the Torah was transmitted from generation to generation. The Jewish people accepted the obligation to grant these men this privilege and supported Torah learners so that they could study without the yoke of dealing with material needs. Large centers of learners were educated by Torah leaders for knowledge and comprehension of the Torah. These centers are called yeshivot. In the previous generation, most of the yeshivot were concentrated in the vicinity of Lithuania, the eastern region of the Polish Republic. These yeshivot produced leading rabbis and spiritual leaders of the Jewish people. The character of rabbis all over Russia, and most of the rabbis who reached the USA, Africa, Australia and throughout Europe were fashioned in these yeshivot.
Further in the memorandum is an interesting description and analysis of the situation after World War I and the task of the rabbis who studied in yeshivot to reinforce Jewish settlements all over the world. Descriptions of the existential difficulties of the yeshivot and of Torah learners. Establishment of Va'ad HaYeshivot in 1924, and a report on the Va'ad operations in granting a certain part of the Yeshiva budget.
4 leaves, official stationery, 29 cm. High-quality bluish paper. Very-good condition, folds and minor creases.
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