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Letter of Shanah Tovah Blessings by Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz – Tishrei 1938
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Letter handwritten and signed by R. Baruch Dov (Ber) Leibowitz, dean of the Knesset Beit Yitzchak yeshiva of Kamenets. [Kamenets], 7th Tishrei 1938.
Addressed to his relative R. Yechezkel Abramsky, author of Chazon Yechezkel, with many heartfelt Shanah Tovah blessings.
He confirms receipt of funds for the yeshiva sent by R. Abramsky, and blesses him with lengthy life for him and his family and redemption, concluding with his signature, "Baruch Dov Leibowitz, dean of the holy Beit Yitzchak yeshiva, 7th Tishrei 1938".
R. Baruch Dov (Ber) Leibowitz (1864-1939), author of Birkat Shmuel, leading Torah disseminator in his times. He was a disciple of R. Chaim of Brisk in the Volozhin yeshiva, and the son-in-law of R. Avraham Yitzchak Zimmerman, Rabbi of Hlusk (son-in-law of R. Yaakov Moshe Direktor, Rabbi of Novaya Mysh). After his father-in-law went to serve as rabbi of Kremenchuk, he succeeded him in Hlusk and established a yeshiva. After a 13-year tenure, he was asked to head the Knesset Beit Yitzchak yeshiva in Slabodka. During World War I, he wandered with the yeshiva to Minsk, Kremenchuk and Vilna, before finally settling in Kamenets. He authored Birkat Shmuel on Talmudic topics. His teachings and writings are classics of in-depth yeshiva study.
The recipient of the letter, R. Yechezkel Abramsky, Rabbi of Slutsk and London (1886-1976), was a relative of R. Baruch Ber by marriage, as Rebbetzin Beila Zimmerman of Kremenchuk, R. Baruch Ber's mother-in-law, was the sister of R. Yisrael Yaakov Yerushalimsky, R. Abramsky's father-in-law.
[1] leaf. Official stationery. 28 cm. Approx. 15 handwritten lines. Good-fair condition. Stains. Folding marks, with small open tear to one fold.
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