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Letter by Rabbi Moshe David Schiff to the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin, suggesting to establish a local branch of Ezras Torah in Brazil. Rio Da Janeiro, Brazil, [1954].
"There is much place in these countries to raise funds for Ezras Torah and if his honor is interested in revenues from these countries there must be an emissary to travel from place to place ..."; letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Moshe David Schiff, requesting receipts and power of attorney to raise funds in Brazil for Ezras Torah. Rio da Janeiro, [1954].
[1] leaf, official stationery, 28 cm.
Rabbi Moshe David Scihff - the son of Rabbi Yaakov Schiff. Was born in Pristik (Austria). Was a member of Tze'irei Agudas Yisroel in Tranov, a student of the Beis Midrash of the holy Rav of Bobov Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam and a disciple of Rabbi Dov Berish Wiendenfeld in Tsheben. Was sent as an official representative to the great congress of Agudas Yisroel in Marienbad. In 1935, he immigrated to Erezt Yisroel and studied at the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva. At the same time, he also studied Jewish studies at the Hebrew University. He housed the high command of the Irgun. He served as the vice chairman of immigrants from Galicia in Israel and as the vice chairman of Tze'irei Agudas Yisroel of Tel Aviv. Every Sabbath he used to deliver a sermon at the Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv. Later he served as a representative of the United Jewish Appeal to Latin America and later was Av Beis Din of Caracas, the Chief Rabbi of Venezuela and the Chief Rabbi of San Paulo, Brazil. Was known as a talented speaker and lecturer, great in Torah and wisdom. He was also one of the editors of Sefer Anshei Shem (Jerusalem-Tel Aviv, 1940).
