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R. Yitzchok Zev HaLevy Soloveitchik. Long letter describing the dire situation in Brisk. Brisk 1928. Seemingly ...
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R. Yitzchok Zev HaLevy Soloveitchik. Long letter describing the dire situation in Brisk. Brisk 1928. Seemingly unpublished.
Seemingly unpublished.
Long autograph letter by R. Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik thanking for a donation of $300 which was used to provide Matzos for the five thousand souls in Brisk. The Rov describes in length the situation of the kehilla in Brisk including the Talmud Torah in which the Rov was greatly involved. This historic letter provides a glimpse of the communal infrastructure in Brisk under the leadership of the Brisker Rov.
R. Yitzchak Zev HaLevy Soloveitchik (1886-1959), was of son of R. Chaim HaLevy Soloveitchik. Primarily a disciple of his father, he was renowned from a young age for his brilliant mind coupled with outstanding diligence and great fear of Heaven. He succeeded his father as Rav of Brisk where in addition to his rabbinical duties he taught a small group of exceptional disciples. Following his miraculous escape from Europe during the Holocaust he lived in Yerushalayim where he taught Torah to his sons and a small group of outstanding disciples. Recognized as the one of the preeminent Torah leaders of his era he was held in awe by his rabbinical contemporaries as well as by the masses.
20 by 27.5 cm. Very fine condition. Slightly torn on the fold marks.
Opening bid $5000
