Archive of Hebrew and English documents, of Eliyahu Eliezer Skolsky of London. Letters, lists and drafts of letters, dedications and songs, including many letters from rabbis, family members and friends from England and throughout the world. Ca. 1920-1960.
Eliyahu Eliezer Skolsky, one of the heads of the Adat Yisrael community of London was born in Vilna. He was a descendent of Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Grodnensky, a rabbi in Lithuania (son-in-law of Rabbi Yisrael of Salant, and father-in-law of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky and Rabbi Reuven Dov Dessler). He dealt extensively in the research of Hebrew books and was in close contact with rabbis and learned scholars in England and throughout the world. A close friend of his famous cousin Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler, author of Michtav M'Eliyahu, he assisted him in reaching London and in attaining a position in the Dalston rabbinate.
Approximately 130 paper items. Size and condition vary.