Auction 70
Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Mar 31, 2020
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 352:
Approbation Letter by Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz - Jerusalem, 1975
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Approbation Letter by Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz - Jerusalem, 1975
Letter handwritten, signed and stamped by R. Chaim Shmuelevitz, dean of the Mir Yeshiva. Jerusalem, 1975.
Approbation to the book Minchat Yachid on the Minchat Chinuch, authored by "the prominent Torah scholar, one of the senior students of our yeshiva, who studies with utmost diligence and delves into the depths of halacha, with erudition and great astuteness", R. Yechiel Zilberberg.
R. Chaim Shmuelevitz (1902-1979), grandson of the Alter of Novardok and son-in-law of R. Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, began lecturing in the Mir yeshiva in 1936. During WWII, he headed the yeshiva during its exile in Japan and Shanghai. In 1947, after the war, he immigrated to Jerusalem and joined his father-in-law R. E.Y. Finkel, who had escaped Europe earlier and established the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem. He served as dean of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem for many years. A foremost Torah scholar, renowned for his diligence and his brilliant discourses which encompassed many Talmudic topics. His Torah novellae were published in Sichot Mussar and Shaarei Chaim. The book Sefer HaZikaron L’HaGrach Shmuelevitz was written in his memory.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 27.5 cm. Fair condition. Extensive wear to paper folds.
