Auction 19
Books, Kodesh books, Hassidic books, Rabbinical letters, Manuscripts, Judaika objects and more
By Moreshet
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Jul 9, 2018
King George 43, Jerusalem, Israel
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LOT 233:
Collection, Letters to and from Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik – Boston
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Collection, Letters to and from Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik – Boston
1. A typewritten letter from the Ministry of Education and Culture signed by Ben Zion Gershoni. Dated 28 th Adar II 1959. To Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik regard an article he wrote named Modern Idolatry. 2. A long response on an airletter in the handwriting and with the signature of Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik. Dated the eve of Pesach 1959 regarding a response to the above letter. Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik of Boston [1908-1993], grandson of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk and a disciple of the Iluy from Maychit Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan – Yeshiva University in the U.S. Wrote many books on Jewish law, Aggadah and philosophy. He was one of the leaders of modern orthodoxy in America and asked by the Mizrachi to serve as chief rabbi of Israel, an offer he refused. | Sizes and conditions vary. General condition: Good.
