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"Please! Have mercy on She’erei Yisroel – on the Rabbanim and Gedolei Yisroel who are in need of help" – a letter by Rabbi Moshe David Schiff to the managers of Ezras Torah organization for saving the rabbis of Eretz Yisroel who were suffering from lack and hunger, at the beginning of World War I. Jerusalem, [1939].
"G-d has chosen you to be those who save the holy Torah and its learners" – a touching appeal of Rabbi Moshe David Schiff with a request for urgent help for the rabbis of Eretz Yisroel, including refugees from Russia, Germany, Czechoslovakia and Poland, and a suggestion to establish an "Ezras Torah for the rabbis of Eretz Yisroel".
[1] leaf, 29 cm.
Rabbi Moshe David Scihff the son of Rabbi Yaakov Schiff. Was born in Pristik (Austria). Was a member of Tze’irei Agudas Yisroel in Tranov, a student of the Beis Midrash of the holy Rav of Bobov Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam and a disciple of Rabbi Dov Berish Wiendenfeld in Tsheben. Was sent as an official representative to the great congress of Agudas Yisroel in Marienbad. In 1935, he immigrated to Erezt Yisroel and studied at the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva. At the same time, he also studied Jewish studies at the Hebrew University. He housed the high command of the Irgun. He served as the vice chairman of immigrants from Galicia in Israel and as the vice chairman of Tze’irei Agudas Yisroel of Tel Aviv. Every Sabbath he used to deliver a sermon at the Great Synagogue of Tel Aviv. Later he served as a representative of the United Jewish Appeal to Latin America and later was Av Beis Din of Caracas, the Chief Rabbi of Venezuela and the Chief Rabbi of San Paulo, Brazil. Was known as a talented speaker and lecturer, great in Torah and wisdom. He was also one of the editors of Sefer Anshei Shem (Jerusalem-Tel Aviv, 1940).
The Ezras Torah organization was established during World War I for assisting rabbis and Bnei Torah and their families. Over the years, the organization helped Bnei Torah in Europe, the USA and Israel, in a wide variety of issues. For many years the institution was headed by the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin and the Gaon Rabbi Yisroel Rosenberg.
Fold marks, aging stains, short tears, fair-good condition.
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