Bidspirit auction | LEIBOWITZ, BARUCH BER (Rosh Yeshiva

LEIBOWITZ, BARUCH BER (Rosh Yeshiva of Kamenitz, 1864-1939). Typed Letter Signed and stamped, written in Yiddish on letterhead. An open letter offering words of spiritual uplift to the supporters of the yeshiva educational systems. He reminds his audience that their generosity sustains hundreds of devote Torah scholars. Page two only (of 2). Kamenetz, c., 1930. R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz was one of the prime disciples of R. Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk, his mentor in Volozhin yeshiva. Later, as Rosh Yeshiva of Knesses Beis Yitzchak, the non-mussar offshoot of the Slabodka yeshiva named for R. Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor, R. Baruch Ber was an exponent of the style of Talmud study first pioneered by his teacher R. Chaim. His Birkas Shmuel and Shiurei R. Baruch Ber continue to be widely studied in yeshivos to this day.