Auction 74 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Two Letters of Torah Thoughts – By Rabbi Moshe Yitzchak Segal Dean of the Manchester Yeshiva
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Two letters of Torah thoughts, handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Yitzchak Segal, dean of the Manchester yeshiva. [ca. 1910s-1920s].
The letters are addressed to R. Shraga Meir Leizerowitz of Kelm (who served as rabbi of Chevrat Shas in London for decades).
R. Moshe Yitzchak HaLevi Segal (1881-1947), a disciple of the Alter of Novardok. A founder of the Etz Chaim yeshiva in London, he also established the Manchester yeshiva, which he headed for some 35 years. His son and successor as dean of the yeshiva was R. Yehuda Ze'ev Segal (1911-1993, a holy Tzaddik and wonder-worker, who was very active in raising the awareness of the importance of guarding one's speech, and was known as the Chafetz Chaim of England).
R. Moshe Yitzchak was an outstanding Torah scholar and an exalted Tzaddik. He devoted himself to disseminating Torah, and many of the rabbis of that time were his disciples (including R. Shaul Wagschal of Gateshead, R. Shmuel Alexander Unsdorfer, and others). Hegyonei Moharsha (p. 18, see enclosed copy) brings the wondrous testimony of two of his disciples, whose deceased father appeared to R. Moshe Yitzchak in a dream, requesting that he carefully supervise his orphaned sons. R. Moshe Yitzchak related the dream to them and asked them not to publicize it.
The recipient of the letter, R. Shraga Meir Leizerowitz (1840-1929), was a native of Kelm. He was a pious person and a kabbalist, close to R. Leibly Chassid of Kelm, to the foremost kabbalists of Lithuania (the Leshem, R. Aryeh Leib Lipkin of Kretinga, R. Aharon Shlomo Maharil, R. Yitzchak Meltzan and others) and to the leading disciples of R. Yisrael of Salant. After his marriage, he lived in Žagarė. R. Shraga Meir arrived in England in ca. 1891, where he served for many years a rabbi of Chevrat Shas. In his later years he immigrated to Jerusalem.
2 letters, one on postcard (14 cm), the second on official stationery (26 cm). Fair-good condition.
The letters are addressed to R. Shraga Meir Leizerowitz of Kelm (who served as rabbi of Chevrat Shas in London for decades).
R. Moshe Yitzchak HaLevi Segal (1881-1947), a disciple of the Alter of Novardok. A founder of the Etz Chaim yeshiva in London, he also established the Manchester yeshiva, which he headed for some 35 years. His son and successor as dean of the yeshiva was R. Yehuda Ze'ev Segal (1911-1993, a holy Tzaddik and wonder-worker, who was very active in raising the awareness of the importance of guarding one's speech, and was known as the Chafetz Chaim of England).
R. Moshe Yitzchak was an outstanding Torah scholar and an exalted Tzaddik. He devoted himself to disseminating Torah, and many of the rabbis of that time were his disciples (including R. Shaul Wagschal of Gateshead, R. Shmuel Alexander Unsdorfer, and others). Hegyonei Moharsha (p. 18, see enclosed copy) brings the wondrous testimony of two of his disciples, whose deceased father appeared to R. Moshe Yitzchak in a dream, requesting that he carefully supervise his orphaned sons. R. Moshe Yitzchak related the dream to them and asked them not to publicize it.
The recipient of the letter, R. Shraga Meir Leizerowitz (1840-1929), was a native of Kelm. He was a pious person and a kabbalist, close to R. Leibly Chassid of Kelm, to the foremost kabbalists of Lithuania (the Leshem, R. Aryeh Leib Lipkin of Kretinga, R. Aharon Shlomo Maharil, R. Yitzchak Meltzan and others) and to the leading disciples of R. Yisrael of Salant. After his marriage, he lived in Žagarė. R. Shraga Meir arrived in England in ca. 1891, where he served for many years a rabbi of Chevrat Shas. In his later years he immigrated to Jerusalem.
2 letters, one on postcard (14 cm), the second on official stationery (26 cm). Fair-good condition.
Rabbinical Letters
Rabbinical Letters