Auction 2
Kisvei Yad, Autographs of Gedolei Yisroel & Seforim
Apr 29, 2020
(your local time)
Israel
5 Reiness St. Bnei Brak
Manuscripts of Gedolei Yisroel - Hafla'ah & Chasam Sofer Dynasty, Rabbinical Seminary Controversy. Gedolim of Hungary, Lithuania, and Poland. Important & Rare Seforim.
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A Handwritten Semicha Letter from Rabbi Moshe Sokolovsky of Brisk, author of "Imrei Moshe". Brisk 1924
Letter and warm recommendation of the wonderful homilies of Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblatt of Brisk, that he is worthy of being hired as a community rabbi.
Handwritten and signed by the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Sokolovsky, the head of Toras Chesed Yeshiva in Brisk.
Rabbi Moshe Sokolovsky (1868-1931) gained acclaim in the Torah world after the publication of Imrei Moshe, which became a fundamental work in the yeshiva world from the day it was published in Warsaw in 1921.
Even before that, in 1896, his rabbi and mentor Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik appointed Rabbi Moshe to head Toras Chesed Yeshiva in Brisk, where he taught select students and the general classes that he gave were disseminated throughout the Lithuanian Diaspora. His outstanding students including: the author of Emek Beracha, Rabbi Aryeh Leib Shteinman and the Gaon Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik.
22 X 22.5 cm. Official yeshiva document paper, handwritten, with his signature and stamp. Stains and tears with no damage to the text. Restored, with reinforcement on the back and sides. Brisk, 1924.
