Auction 82 - Part I - Judaica – Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Three Letters from Rabbi Shimon Shkop - Grodno, 1932-1933
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Three letters signed by R. Shimon Yehuda HaKohen Shkop, dean of the Grodno yeshiva. Hrodna (Grodno), 1932-1933.
Letters in Hebrew and Yiddish, addressed to yeshiva donors. Two of the letters are typewritten and hand signed: "Shimon Yehuda HaKohen Shkop". The third letter was written by a scribe, and hand signed: "Shimon Yehuda HaKohen Shkop". Two letters are addressed to R. Nissan HaLevi, a descendant of "the outstanding Torah scholar, R. Akiva Eger".
R. Shimon Yehuda Shkop (1860-1939), a disciple of R. Chaim Soloveitchik in the Volozhin yeshiva. He served as dean of the Telz yeshiva and later the Shaar HaTorah yeshiva in Grodno, where he transmitted to his many students his innovative method of logical study - approach adopted by the entire Torah world until this day.
3 letters, official stationery. Approx. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and stains. Tears and repairs.
Letters in Hebrew and Yiddish, addressed to yeshiva donors. Two of the letters are typewritten and hand signed: "Shimon Yehuda HaKohen Shkop". The third letter was written by a scribe, and hand signed: "Shimon Yehuda HaKohen Shkop". Two letters are addressed to R. Nissan HaLevi, a descendant of "the outstanding Torah scholar, R. Akiva Eger".
R. Shimon Yehuda Shkop (1860-1939), a disciple of R. Chaim Soloveitchik in the Volozhin yeshiva. He served as dean of the Telz yeshiva and later the Shaar HaTorah yeshiva in Grodno, where he transmitted to his many students his innovative method of logical study - approach adopted by the entire Torah world until this day.
3 letters, official stationery. Approx. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks and stains. Tears and repairs.
Rabbinic Letters and Manuscripts
Rabbinic Letters and Manuscripts