Letter of R. Baruch Dov (Ber) Leibowitz, dean of the Kamenets yeshiva. [Kamenets], 7th Adar I [February] 1938.

Addressed to his relative R. Yechezkel Abramsky, head of the London Beit Din (their wives were cousins), in thanks for his donation to the yeshiva. About half of the letter is typewritten, while it concludes with seven lines of warm, heartfelt blessings handwritten and signed by the yeshiva dean, R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz.

R. Baruch Ber informs R. Abramsky that his health condition has improved, and blesses him, his wife and all his offspring: "May you be blessed with all blessings and successes and all satisfaction forever, and may we merit to see the redemption and the coming of our Messiah. Your wife's relative, seeking your welfare and blessing you with love and affection, Baruch Dov Leibowitz, dean of the Beit Yitzchak yeshiva".

R. Baruch Dov (Ber) Leibowitz (1864-1939), author of Birkat Shmuel, leading Torah disseminator in his times. 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 World War I, he wandered with the yeshiva to Minsk, Kremenchuk and Vilna, before finally settling in Kamenets. He authored Birkat Shmuel on Talmudic topics. His teachings and writings are classics of in-depth yeshiva study.

[1] leaf, official stationery. 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Folding marks. Small marginal tears.