Bidspirit auction | FEINSTEIN, MOSHE. (Pre-eminent American Posek


FEINSTEIN, MOSHE. (Pre-eminent American Posek and President of the Agudath HaRabbanim, 1895-1985). Autograph Letter Signed written in Hebrew on letterhead. Recommending financial support for Rabbi Moshe Meir Kirschenbaum who was seeking funds to toward the marriage of his sons. One page. Punch-holes at right margin, folded. New York, 10th Ellul, 1959. Immigrating from Belarus to the United States in 1937, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein was Rosh Yeshiva of Tifereth Jerusalem of New York's Lower East Side for half a century. Overwhelmingly acknowledged as the halachic decisor of the post-Holocaust generation in America, Reb Moishe’s multi-volume responsa “Igeroth Moshe” are assiduously consulted by all contemporary Poskim universally. R. Moshe Meir Kirschenbaum (d. 1996) was connected to Yeshivath Mekor HaChaim and a prominent Chassid of Karlin-Stolin in Jerusalem.