Bidspirit auction | Taharas HaMishpocho Dvar Avrohom. Yiddish.

Taharas HaMishpocho Dvar Avrohom. Yiddish. Keidan 1938. - “Lecture on the purity of family life held by Chief Rabbi B. Shapiro at the Congress of “Bet-Jakob”, the union of Religious Jewish Women in Lithuania, (Kovno the second day of Chanukah, 5696). Second edition, revised and enlarged by the author.”- From the English title page at the end of the work. R. Avraham Duber Kahana Shapira (1870-1943), was the last Rav of Kovno and one of the leading Talmidei Chachomim and Rabbinical leaders in Lithuania during the pre-WWII era. When the war broke out in 1939 he was in Switzerland for health reasons. His son, who was living in the United States, sent him a telegram to join him in the U.S. until after the war. His father, upon receiving the telegram, showed it to one of his close friends stating emphatically, “The captain is the last to abandon his sinking ship, not the first. At this time of danger, my place is with the people of my city. I am going to Kovno.” Indeed he continued to lead and inspire his community until he passed away in the Kovno ghetto, and was perhaps the only Rav given a funeral under the watch of the Nazi occupiers. Movshovitz press. 124 pages. 22.5 cm. Excellent condition. With original wraps. Modern binding. Opening bid $100