R. Elchonon Wasserman. Lot of two rare pamphlets, 1939.

R. Elchonon Wasserman. Lot of two rare pamphlets, 1939.

Lot of 2 rare pamphlets by rabbi Elchonon Wasserman.

1) Article on faith and the redemption in Yiddish by R. Elhanan Bunim Wasserman. 1939.

2) In this critical hour. An analysis of the Jewish tragedy its causes and solutions. Historical pamphlet written in Yiddish by R. Elchonon Wasserman about the dismal state of Orthodox Jewry and the proposed steps to rectify the situation. Published by Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, presumably during R. Elchonon’s final visit to America in 1939. Unrecorded.

R. Elhanan Bunim Wasserman (1875–1941), Lithuanian talmudic scholar, yeshiva head, and communal leader. R. Elhanan received his education at the yeshivot of Volozhin and Telz, which were headed at the time by R. Eliezer Gordon and R. Simeon Shkop, respectively. In 1899 he married the daughter of Meir Atlas, rabbi of Salant, and spent some years studying in his father-in-law's home. In 1903 he was appointed head of the yeshiva of Amtshilov, where he proved an outstanding teacher, greatly influencing his students. He joined the kolel of the Hafez Hayyim in Radun in 1907 and remained there until 1910, when he was appointed rabbi of Brest-Litovsk. During World War I he returned to Radun and when the war reached that town the yeshiva moved to Smilovichi, where R. Elhanan was appointed its head. After the war he moved to Poland and established a yeshiva at Baranowicze, which became one of the most famous in Eastern Europe. He was one of the main pillars of the Agudat Israel movement together with R. Hayyim Ozer Grodzinski and the Hafez Hayyim, and was regarded as the latter's spiritual successor. R. Elhanan emerged as one of the outstanding leaders of Orthodox Jewry. In addition to his academic activities, he played a major role in communal affairs, contributing extensively to the Jewish press, and figuring prominently at Agudat Israel conferences.

Condition: Both are in very good condition.