Auction 46 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Two Letters by Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer

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Sold for: $625
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Two letters by Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer, to Rabbi Shmuel David Mendelson of Leeds (England).
· A long letter [2 pages] on matters concerning his book Even HaEzel and the printing of another volume, and regarding Rabbi Mendelson's son who will soon have his bar-mitzvah. Jerusalem, 1937.
· Letter of condolence upon the death of Rabbi Mendelson's mother. Jerusalem, Tevet 1928.
Rabbi Isser Zalman Meltzer (1870-1954), author of Even HaEzel, disciple of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk at the Volozhin Yeshiva, Av Beit Din and head of the Slutsk Yeshiva. Immigrated to Jerusalem in 1924 and was appointed head teacher in the Etz Chaim Yeshiva. One of the heads of Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. Father in law of Rabbi Aharon Kotler, head of the Kletzk and Lakewood Yeshivot.
2 letters, [3] pages. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Tears, folding marks.
Letters
Letters