Bidspirit auction | Yosef Yoizel Horowitz Alter of

Yosef Yoizel Horowitz Alter of Novardok ר’ יוסף יויזל הורוויץ/סבא מנובהרדוק - Autograph card by the Alter of Novardok written to a talmid who had left Yeshiva. The Alter writes that he feels it would be beneficial for him to return and mentions some other outstanding Talmidim who are in that particular Yeshiva. R. Yosef Yoizel Horowitz (1847–1919), known as the Alter of Novardok, was a close talmid of R. Yisroel Salanter and the founder of the Novardok network of Yeshivos and its “Derech Ha’Mussar”. These Yeshivos were located throughout Poland and Russia, including the towns of Novardok, Berditchev, Shavel, Dvinsk, Warsaw and Minsk. He personally traveled to all of the Yeshivos throughout Russia to supervise and lead these Yeshivos. In 1919, a typhoid epidemic broke out and R. Horowitz’s home was soon filled with the sick to whom he personally attended. Not long after, he contracted the disease himself and was niftar. 19 by 14 cm. Good condition. Slight damage to top of card not affecting text. Extremely scarce. Opening bid $4000