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Lengthy typewritten letter, with the handwritten signature of the Gaon Rabbi Yisroel Chaim Kaplan the Rosh Yeshiva of Toras Chessed, Brisk and with the stamp of the yeshiva. Elul, 1939.
The letter was sent to a committee supporting the yeshiva in New York. With a Yiddish description of the situation of the yeshiva, its history and financial situation and with a request for its support.
The letter mentions that the yeshiva was established by the ‘famed Gaon and Rav of the town Rabbi Chaim Halevi Soloveitchik”.
The famed Gaon Rabbi Yisroel Chaim Kaplan [1895-1970] a remnant of one of the most important families of the Lithuanian Torah world between the two World Wars. His brother was the famed Gaon Rabbi Elazar Ze’ev Kaplan, the Mashgi’ach of the Radin yeshiva headed by the Chofetz Chaim. After the passing of the Imrei Moshe of Brisk, Rabbi Yisroel Chaim was appointed the Rosh Yeshiva of the large yeshiva of Brisk. After the Holocaust, served as the Mashgi’ach of the Beis Midrash Elyon yeshiva in Monsey.
[1] official stationery of Metivta Ravta Toras Chessed Brisk. Fold lines. Very good condition.
Measurement: 20 x 29 CM
Measurement: 20 x 29 CM
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