Lot 98
Letter of Good Year Wishes from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz – Kamenitz, Tishrei 1934 – "A Good Final Sealing, a Good Year and Longevity"
Letter from R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz dean of the Knesset Beit Yitzchak yeshiva in Kamenitz (Kamenets). [Kamenitz], Tishrei 1934.
Lengthy letter (in Yiddish) with blessings for a good year, sent by the Kamenitz yeshiva to a family of philanthropist in Philadelphia, United States. The typewritten letter concludes with close to 6 lines handwritten and signed by R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz, the yeshiva dean, with warm and hearty blessings in Yiddish and Hebrew: "
wishing you a good sealing for a good year… with longevity and good years, good health and all the blessings and success, wealth and happiness… One who blesses him and respects him, Baruch Dov Leibowitz dean of the Beit Yitzchak yeshiva".
R. Baruch Dov (Ber) Leibowitz (1864-1940), author of Birkat Shmuel, taught many disciples. He was a disciple of R. Chaim of Brisk in the Volozhin yeshiva, and the son-in-law of R. Avraham Yitzchak Zimmerman Rabbi of Hlusk. After his father-in-law went to serve as rabbi of Kremenchuk, he succeeded him in Hlusk and established a yeshiva. After a 13-year tenure, he was asked to head the Knesset Beit Yitzchak yeshiva in Slabodka. During WWI, he wandered with the yeshiva to Minsk, Kremenchuk and Vilna, finally settling in Kamenitz. He authored Birkat Shmuel on Talmudic topics. His writings are classic works of in-depth yeshiva Torah study.
[2] leaves, official stationery. 29 cm. Good condition. Minor tears to margins and folding marks.
