R. Eliezer Yehuda Finkel/ Historic letter opposing the establishment of a “Va’ad Ha’Yeshivos” in England. Mir 1933.

R. Eliezer Yehuda Finkel/ Historic letter opposing the establishment of a “Va’ad Ha’Yeshivos” in England. Mir 1933.
Historic letter signed by R. Eliezer Yehuda Finkel sent to R. Yisroel Yaakov Ha’Cohen Jaffe (Rov in Manchester, England). He begins by warmly thanking R. Jaffe for his donation to the Yeshiva and continues with warm blessings. He then writes of the Mirrer Yeshiva that whilst the spiritual state is on an extremely high level, the physical state is desperate, that the future leaders of K’lal Yisroel are in a state of hunger and there is a constant fear that the Yeshiva will have to close. He continues that he had heard that there is a plan to open a Va’ad Ha’Yeshivos in Manchester. The idea being to establish one central fund, to raise funds on behalf of all the Yeshivos and then distribute the money between them. R. Lazer Yudel vehemently opposes this idea, explaining in detail that the Yeshivos will end up with a severe financial loss.
R. Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (1879-1965), was a son of R. Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka. In 1903, he married the daughter of R. Elya Boruch Kamai whom he succeeded as Rosh Yeshiva in the Mirrer Yeshiva. At the onset of WWII, R. Eliezer Yehuda traveled to Palestine in an attempt to obtain visas for his students with the intention of relocating the yeshiva to Yerusholayim, but these plans were interrupted by the upheavals of the war. In 1944, he opened a branch of the yeshiva in Jerusalem which today has grown to be the largest yeshiva in the world.
22 by 29.5 cm. Excellent condition.
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