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LOT 225:
A Prozbul Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Steinman – 1938 – Montreux, Switzerland
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A Prozbul Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Steinman – 1938 – Montreux, Switzerland
Prozbul, made before a Shmita year, for the debts of Rabbi Moshe ben R' Yisrael Gershon HaLevi [Soloveitchik], in the handwriting and with the signatures of Rabbi "Aharon Leib Steinman", and of Rabbi "Kalman Yisrael ben R' Alter Aryeh" and Rabbi "Yehosua Yechezkel ben Rabbi Ya'akov Yehuda Wershiner". Montreux, the 29th of Elul 1938.
Rabbi Aharon Yehuda Leib Steinman was born in Brisk Lithuania and studied there in yeshiva. Lest he be conscripted into the Polish army, in the summer of 1938 he traveled to Switzerland, together with his companion Moshe Soloveitchik to study in the Montreux Yeshiva. This journey proved to be the miracle of salvation for these two Torah giants who impacted the Torah world of our generation, Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik in Zurich from where he led European Jewry and Rabbi Aharon Leib Steinman in the city of Bnei Brak.
On the Prozbul which was written by Rabbi Steinman, his name appears last of the three dayanim. It is worthy to note that he signed Steiman, the way he and his family signed at that time. However, after he came to Eretz Israel, Rabbi Steinman added the letter "nun" to his name.
Leaf 14 cm. Good condition.
