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Letter by the Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Leib Chassman to Raban shel Yisroel Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky about the yeshivas of Lithuania, Shtotzin, 1920s.
In the letter (which was sent to Rabbi Yosef Shuv the secretary and confidante of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky and was written of the official stationery of Va’ad HaYeshivos of Poland), the Gaon Rabbi Chassman writes that he will be unable to travel to Lida for raising funds for the yeshivas. He signs, as usual, "Yahel". On back of the postcard Rabbi Leib Chassman wrote Rabbi Chaim Ozer’s name in a foreign language and his address.
Maran the Mashgiach Rabbi Yehuda Leib Chassman (1869-1936), the spiritual manager of the Telz and Hebron Yeshivas and one of the greatest Ba’alei Mussar in his generation. Was born to Rabbi Raphael and in his childhood studied with his friend the Gaon Rabbi Ozer Chaim Grodzhinsky. In his youth, he studied Torah and Mussar with the Geonim Rabbi Yitzchak Blaser and the Sabba of Slabodka Rabbi Natan Zvi Finkel. In addition, he studied for about a year in the renowned Talmud Torah of Kelm with the Sabba Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv. After his marriage, he studied for about a year at the Volozhin Yeshiva and later served as Rav in Shtotzin and the Telz Yeshiva. He immigrated to the Land of Israel and served as the spiritual manger of the Hebron Yeshiva. His Torah was gathered in the Sefer Yahel Or.
Official postcard of Va’ad HaYeshivos in Poland, 10X14 cm.
Filing holes, some wear, very good condition.
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