Letter (2 pages) handwritten and signed by R. Gershon Liebman, a leader of the Novardok yeshiva movement. [Bergen-Belsen?, ca. 1945-1946].
Addressed to "my dear friend R. Hillel" [R. Hillel Witkind, dean of the Beit Yosef Novardok yeshiva in Tel Aviv]. He also mentions R. Bentzion [Bruk, dean of the Beit Yosef Novardok yeshiva in Jerusalem]. The letter also deals with transmission of information about those killed and those who survived the Holocaust, and he attempts to ascertain what happened to his wife. He also mentions the upcoming Pesach festival.
R. Gershon goes on to mention Torah learners and Novardok yeshiva students exiled in Siberia and Bukhara, and he calls for them to join the yeshiva he established [in Bergen-Belsen], in particular mentioning R. Yisrael [Movshovitz] and R. Yehudah Leib [Nekritz].
R. Gershon Liebman (1905-1997), founder and leader of the Or Yosef network of Novardok yeshivot in France, and one of the greatest Novardok musar leaders of all times. R. Gershon arranged underground musar yeshivot in the ghettos and camps throughout the Holocaust, and established a Novardok yeshiva in Bergen-Belsen immediately after the war ended. In 1948, the yeshiva moved to France, where it expanded to include over 40 Torah and educational institutions.
[1] leaf, written on both sides. 20.5x17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and creases. Asymmetric trimming of bottom of leaf. Filing holes.
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