Bidspirit auction | Historic Yoffe Collection! 30 Letters

Historic Yoffe Collection! 30 Letters from Rabbi Mordechai Gimple Yaffe, from his son Rabbi Dov Ber, son-in-law Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Volk and more - Historic Yoffe Collection! 30 Letters from Rabbi Mordechai Gimple Yaffe, from his son Rabbi Dov Ber, son-in-law Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Volk and more The Gaon Rabbi Mordechai Gimpel Yoffe (1820-1891) Av Beis Din of Rozhinai. One of the greatest rabbis of Lithuania in his generation. A disciple of Rabbi Yitzchak ben Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin author of Nefesh HaChaim. Acted for Shivas Zion and even had close ties with Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer (a disciple of the Gaon Rabbi Akiva Eiger, the initiator of the polemic regarding sacrifices at this time) and Rabbi Shmuel Mohilever. At the end of his days, he immigrated to Israel and settled in Ekron. His son, the Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Rabinowitz, lived in Lutzin and was the Rav of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hacohen Kook in his youth. Rabbi Zvi Hisrch HaKohen Valk (1856-1906) was a disciple of Rabbi Yosef Dov Ber Soloveitchik of Slutsk. He was a prominent Torah scholar of the time, rabbi of Gruzd, Kossovo, Popilian, Plotzk, and Pinsk, where he succeeded Rabbi Eliezer Moshe Horowitz. He authored the Keter Kehunah commentary on the Sifri with the Hagahot HaGr”a, Teharat Hakodesh, and more.