Subasta Bidspirit | R. ELIEZER YEHUDA FINKEL. LOT

R. ELIEZER YEHUDA FINKEL. LOT OF 3 LETTERS. MIR 1934-1939. - R. ELIEZER YEHUDA FINKEL. LOT OF 3 LETTERS. MIR 1934-1939. • Mir 1934. Signed letter in Yiddish to Mrs. Necha Golding of New York. • Mir 1937. Signed letter in Yiddish to Mrs. Necha Golding of New York. • Mir 1938. Signed letter in Yiddish to Mrs. Necha Golding of New York. The letters thank Mrs. Golding and the members of The Ladies Auxiliary of Yeshivas Mir in New York for their ongoing efforts on behalf the Yeshiva. The final letter includes words of encouragement for Mrs. Golding who was undergoing health difficulties. R. Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (1879-1965), was a son of R. Nosson Tzvi Finkel, The Alter of Slabodka. In 1903, he married the daughter of R. Elya Boruch Kamai of Mir whom he succeeded as Rosh Yeshiva in the Mirrer Yeshiva. At the onset of WWII, R. Eliezer Yehuda traveled to Eretz Yisroel in an attempt to obtain visas for his students with the intention of relocating the Yeshiva to Yerusholayim, but these plans were interrupted by the upheavals of the war. In 1944, he opened a branch of the Yeshiva in Yerushalayim which today has grown to be the largest yeshiva in the world. Excellent condition. With original envelopes! Opening bid $200