Six photographs of rabbis, four of The Ponevezh Rabbi at a public appearance and speech. [c. 1960].
Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman was born in 1886 in Kuhl, Lithuania. He studied at Telshe (Telz) Yeshiva and under the Chafetz Chaim in Radin. He served as Rabbi of Vidzh and Ponevezh. One of the founders of Agudat Israel and Va'ad Ha-Yeshivot. Member of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah from 1923. Trusted confidant of the Chafetz Chaim and Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky. In the middle of the Holocaust years, when he lost most of his family and disciples, he re-established the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak. He died in 1969. Renowned for his rhetoric ability and his cleverness.
Six photographs, 14X18 cm. Good condition.