Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Letter by Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer – Regarding the Yishuv HeChadash Yeshiva in Tel Aviv – 1938
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A letter (approximately 17 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Isser Zalman Meltzer head of the Etz Chaim Yeshiva, to R. Moshe Avigdor Amiel Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv. Jerusalem, Tevet 1938.
Letter of good wishes upon the appointment of R. Yoel Kluft as rosh metivta and mashgiach of the Yishuv HeChadash Yeshiva established by R. Amiel. In his letter, R. Isser Zalman praises his disciple R. Kluft and his suitability for the position of educator in the yeshiva: "He is very beloved and I am very fond of him from the time he was in the Kletsk Yeshiva and was one of my choicest disciples, and I am certain that you will be satisfied with him…Being a prominent disciple of the Mir and Kletsk Yeshivas, he is familiar with educational methods and the way to draw the hearts of young men to diligent study of our holy Torah and fear of G-d and positive character traits. He and my friend…R. Reuven Trop…will facilitate the blossoming of your yeshiva…".
The Yishuv HeChadash Yeshiva in Tel Aviv was established in 1937 by R. Amiel and was considered a yeshiva belonging to the Mizrachi movement. The teachers in the yeshiva were top Torah scholars and included R. E.M. Shach who was a rosh metivta in the yeshiva for a while [c. 1943]. After R. Reuven Trop traveled abroad for medical purposes, a transformation took place in the leadership of the yeshiva. R. Yehuda Koledetzky was appointed head of the yeshiva and eventually the yeshiva added secular studies and Israeli matriculation exams as part of the yeshiva high-school curriculum.
R. Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1954), author of Even HaEzel, disciple of R. Chaim of Brisk at the Volozhin Yeshiva. Rabbi and head of the Slutsk Yeshiva, he later immigrated to Jerusalem in 1924 and was appointed Rosh Metivta in the Etz Chaim Yeshiva. One of the heads of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. Father in law of R. Aharon Kotler, head of the Kletsk and Lakewood Yeshivas.
Subject of the letter: R. Yoel Kluft (1906-1985), close disciple of R. Isser Zalman Meltzer and of R. Shach in the Kletsk Yeshiva in Poland. In the autumn of 1935, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and was appointed Rosh Metivta of the Yishuv HeChadash in Tel Aviv. He later served as rabbi and dayan and served for many years as Av Beit Din in Haifa. Renowned for his proficiency in knowledge of Torah, halacha and kabbalah. His novellae were compiled and printed in the book Da'at Yoel (Haifa, 1991).
Official stationery, 28.5 cm. Good condition. Torn filing holes.
Letter of good wishes upon the appointment of R. Yoel Kluft as rosh metivta and mashgiach of the Yishuv HeChadash Yeshiva established by R. Amiel. In his letter, R. Isser Zalman praises his disciple R. Kluft and his suitability for the position of educator in the yeshiva: "He is very beloved and I am very fond of him from the time he was in the Kletsk Yeshiva and was one of my choicest disciples, and I am certain that you will be satisfied with him…Being a prominent disciple of the Mir and Kletsk Yeshivas, he is familiar with educational methods and the way to draw the hearts of young men to diligent study of our holy Torah and fear of G-d and positive character traits. He and my friend…R. Reuven Trop…will facilitate the blossoming of your yeshiva…".
The Yishuv HeChadash Yeshiva in Tel Aviv was established in 1937 by R. Amiel and was considered a yeshiva belonging to the Mizrachi movement. The teachers in the yeshiva were top Torah scholars and included R. E.M. Shach who was a rosh metivta in the yeshiva for a while [c. 1943]. After R. Reuven Trop traveled abroad for medical purposes, a transformation took place in the leadership of the yeshiva. R. Yehuda Koledetzky was appointed head of the yeshiva and eventually the yeshiva added secular studies and Israeli matriculation exams as part of the yeshiva high-school curriculum.
R. Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1954), author of Even HaEzel, disciple of R. Chaim of Brisk at the Volozhin Yeshiva. Rabbi and head of the Slutsk Yeshiva, he later immigrated to Jerusalem in 1924 and was appointed Rosh Metivta in the Etz Chaim Yeshiva. One of the heads of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. Father in law of R. Aharon Kotler, head of the Kletsk and Lakewood Yeshivas.
Subject of the letter: R. Yoel Kluft (1906-1985), close disciple of R. Isser Zalman Meltzer and of R. Shach in the Kletsk Yeshiva in Poland. In the autumn of 1935, he immigrated to Eretz Israel and was appointed Rosh Metivta of the Yishuv HeChadash in Tel Aviv. He later served as rabbi and dayan and served for many years as Av Beit Din in Haifa. Renowned for his proficiency in knowledge of Torah, halacha and kabbalah. His novellae were compiled and printed in the book Da'at Yoel (Haifa, 1991).
Official stationery, 28.5 cm. Good condition. Torn filing holes.
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