Letter from R. Baruch Dov (Ber) Leibowitz, dean of the Knesset Beit Yitzchak yeshiva in Kamenets. [Kamenets], 12th Sivan, 1931. Yiddish.

Sent to donors of the yeshiva, the Feigin family in Philadelphia, USA. R. Baruch Ber showers them with blessings and thanks for their generous support for the yeshiva.

Most of the letter is typewritten, and it concludes with five lines of warm, heartfelt blessings handwritten, stamped and signed by the yeshiva dean R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz: "I bless you and your righteous wife with all the blessings included in the Torah's blessing, 'Blessed is one who supports [Torah]', lengthy days with wealth and happiness, and may you merit along with all Jews to see the coming of the Messiah, speedily in our days. Blessing, honoring and esteeming you, Baruch Dov Leibowitz, dean of the holy 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 on 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, finally settling in Kamenets. He authored Birkat Shmuel on Talmudic topics. His teachings and writings are classics of in-depth yeshiva study.

[2] leaves, official stationery. 29.5 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.