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Letter from Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein, with Reference to the Difficult Situation of the Slobodka Yeshiva. ...
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Letter from Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein, with Reference to the Difficult Situation of the Slobodka Yeshiva. [Hebron], [1927]
Thank-you letter to Rabbi Yoel HaLevi Herzog, written and signed by Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein. [Hebron], [1927].
Specifications: [1] leaf, Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein's stationery, Av Beit Din of Slobodka and teacher in "Knesset Yisrael."
Letter Content: Rabbi Epstein thanks Rabbi Herzog and his wife for hosting him in Paris and blesses them. He apologizes for not writing sooner, "due to my many duties that I had when I arrived, and from the yeshiva's situation which is very difficult, and depressed my soul."
Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein (1866-1934) studied in the Volozhin Yeshiva and was known as a genius. He was asked by the Alter of Slobodka to serve as rosh yeshiva of Knesset Yisrael. At the same time, he served as Av Beit Din in Slobodka and was active in the Council of Torah Sages. After the riots of 1929, in which many yeshiva students were killed and the Jewish community of Hebron was destroyed, the yeshiva moved to Jerusalem and the rabbi remained heartbroken until his passing. He authored the Levush Mordechai series.
Condition: Fine condition, fold marks, small tears affecting one word in the honorifics written for the addressee.
