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Letter of Rabbi Shlomo Wolbe – Supervision of Courses for Teachers – Jerusalem, 1998
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Lengthy letter (over 24 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Shlomo Wolbe. Jerusalem, Iyar 1998.
Addressed to R. Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, subsequent to hearing that advanced courses for teachers by the Ministry of Education included unfit lecturers and content, and even heresy. R. Wolbe asks R. Elyashiv to get involved and to call for rabbinic oversight over the education programs and contents, as only his halachic ruling could compel the organizers to accept rabbinic supervision.
R. Wolbe humbly ends the letter by asking for R. Elyashiv's opinion and submitting to his decision, concluding with his signature.
R. Shlomo Wolbe (1914-2005), mashgiach and founder of the Be'er Yaakov yeshiva, and a leading Musar figure. Born in Germany, he studied in the Mir yeshiva, where he met the mashgiach R. Yerucham and his disciples, and was his close disciple for his entire life.
During the Holocaust he made efforts to rescue the Mir yeshiva and Jewish girls. Author of Alei Shur and other works on Musar and service of G-d. Edified many disciples who taught Torah and fear of G-d in yeshivas worldwide.
1 leaf. 32.5 cm. Good condition. Stains and folding marks.
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