Auction 93 Part 2 - Ancient Books, Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters

Letter from Rabbi Dessler – Gateshead, 1945

Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium

Lengthy letter (21 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (author of Michtav Me'Eliyahu), written during his tenure as head of the Gateshead Kollel. [Cheshvan] 1945.
Addressed to R. Hillel Medalie (1916-1977), rabbi of Leeds and Dublin, and later of the Shomre HaDas community in Antwerp.


R. Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (1892-1953), a leading author of musar literature in our generation. A product of the Kelm yeshiva, he arrived in England in 1927, later founding the Gateshead Kollel and other Torah institutes throughout England, and eventually serving as mashgiach of the Ponevezh yeshiva in Bnei Brak.


[1] leaf, official stationery. 20.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.

Rabbinical Letters – Lithuania, Poland and Others Countries
Rabbinical Letters – Lithuania, Poland and Others Countries