Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Five Interesting Letters from Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, Dean of the Mir Yeshiva – Various Periods – Mir, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
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Five interesting letters, signed by R. Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, dean of the Mir yeshiva, at various times. Mir, 1933 and 1939; Tel Aviv, 1941; Jerusalem, 1953 and 1963.
• Letter of congratulations for the wedding of his disciple, R. Yisrael Dov Rappaport, in Berlin. Mir, Sivan 1933.
• Letter of congratulations for the wedding of his disciple, R. Efraim Borodiansky, in Petach Tikva. Mir, Sivan 1939.
• Letter of acknowledgment to the women's association, supporters of Hechal HaTalmud and Pletat Sofrim in Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv, Shevat 1941.
• Letter pertaining to yeshiva fundraising in England, by the delegation led by R. Simcha Zissel Levovitz and R. Gedalia Schneider. Jerusalem, Tammuz 1953.
• Letter of approbation for the book Kuntres HaBiurim by R. Moshe Shmuel Shapiro, dean of the Be'er Yaakov yeshiva, who was a graduate of the yeshiva in Mir. Jerusalem, Iyar 1963.
R. Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (1879-1965), dean of the Mir yeshiva in Poland and in Eretz Israel. An elder yeshiva dean in Eretz Israel. He was the son of the Alter of Slabodka, and son-in-law of R. Eliyahu Baruch Kamai, rabbi of Mir and dean of the Mir yeshiva. He served as dean of the yeshiva in Mir. When the yeshiva fled to Vilna during the Holocaust, R. Eliezer Yehuda travelled to Eretz Israel in 1941, in attempt to bring the yeshiva over. His attempts failed, and the students managed to escape and flee to Shanghai, in the Far East. During that time, R. Eliezer Yehuda resided in Tel Aviv, as one can see from the letterhead of the letter sent during that time (that letter discusses the Pletat Soferim yeshiva, founded then in Tel Aviv by his son R. Chaim Ze'ev Finkel).
In 1943, he established the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem, which stands in its full glory until this day and is one of the largest yeshivot in the world. The first lecturer in the Jerusalem branch of the yeshiva was his cherished disciple, R. Efraim Borodiansky (1910-1990) – recipient of one of the letters in this collection.
5 letters, typewritten on official stationery (from various periods), with his signature. Size and condition vary. Overall good to good-fair condition. Stains and tears. Tape repairs to one letter.
• Letter of congratulations for the wedding of his disciple, R. Yisrael Dov Rappaport, in Berlin. Mir, Sivan 1933.
• Letter of congratulations for the wedding of his disciple, R. Efraim Borodiansky, in Petach Tikva. Mir, Sivan 1939.
• Letter of acknowledgment to the women's association, supporters of Hechal HaTalmud and Pletat Sofrim in Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv, Shevat 1941.
• Letter pertaining to yeshiva fundraising in England, by the delegation led by R. Simcha Zissel Levovitz and R. Gedalia Schneider. Jerusalem, Tammuz 1953.
• Letter of approbation for the book Kuntres HaBiurim by R. Moshe Shmuel Shapiro, dean of the Be'er Yaakov yeshiva, who was a graduate of the yeshiva in Mir. Jerusalem, Iyar 1963.
R. Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (1879-1965), dean of the Mir yeshiva in Poland and in Eretz Israel. An elder yeshiva dean in Eretz Israel. He was the son of the Alter of Slabodka, and son-in-law of R. Eliyahu Baruch Kamai, rabbi of Mir and dean of the Mir yeshiva. He served as dean of the yeshiva in Mir. When the yeshiva fled to Vilna during the Holocaust, R. Eliezer Yehuda travelled to Eretz Israel in 1941, in attempt to bring the yeshiva over. His attempts failed, and the students managed to escape and flee to Shanghai, in the Far East. During that time, R. Eliezer Yehuda resided in Tel Aviv, as one can see from the letterhead of the letter sent during that time (that letter discusses the Pletat Soferim yeshiva, founded then in Tel Aviv by his son R. Chaim Ze'ev Finkel).
In 1943, he established the Mir yeshiva in Jerusalem, which stands in its full glory until this day and is one of the largest yeshivot in the world. The first lecturer in the Jerusalem branch of the yeshiva was his cherished disciple, R. Efraim Borodiansky (1910-1990) – recipient of one of the letters in this collection.
5 letters, typewritten on official stationery (from various periods), with his signature. Size and condition vary. Overall good to good-fair condition. Stains and tears. Tape repairs to one letter.
Rabbinical Letters
Rabbinical Letters