R. Avrohom Duber Kahana Dvar Avrohom R. Chaim Mordechai Katz Telshe

R. Avrohom Duber Kahana Dvar Avrohom R. Chaim Mordechai Katz Telshe
Typed letter, signed by R. Chaim Mordechai Katz of Telz, with an additional autograph paragraph by the D’var Avrohom, regarding money donated in support of Torah institutions in Eretz Yisroel following the 1929 riots, including Yeshivas Chevron and the Diskin Orphanage. The letter is demonstrative of the esteem in which these institutions were held in Lithuania, that despite the rampant poverty prevalent they still supported financially.
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. Renowned as a great Talmid Chochom and distinguished community leader. He passed away in the Kovno ghetto, and was perhaps the only Rav given a funeral under the watch of the Nazi occupiers.
R. Chaim Mordechai Katz (1894-1964), was a son-in-law of R. Yosef Leib Bloch of Telz. Renowned from his youth as an outstanding Torah scholar, he headed the Kollel in Telz. In 1940, R. Chaim Mordechai travelled to the USA together with his brother-in-law R. Eliyahu Meir Bloch, on a perilous journey via Siberia and Japan, to attempt to rescue the yeshiva students and their families who remained in war-ravaged Telz. Upon their arrival in the US, they reestablished the Yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio.
18 by 23 cm. Fine condition. Filing holes.
Opening bid $400