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May 15, 2019 (Your local time)
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LOT 89:

Nine Letters from Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz Dean of the Kamenitz Yeshiva

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Nine letters (in Yiddish) from R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz dean of the Knesset Beit Yitzchak yeshiva in Kamenitz (Kamyenyets). Kamenitz, 1933-1936.
The letters were sent to yeshiva donors, the Feigin family of Philadelphia, United States. The letters contain wishes for various festivals and good year blessings, details regarding the commemoration of yahrzeits of relatives of the donors, words of encouragement and blessings for the supporters of the yeshiva, and descriptions of the state of the yeshiva. Each letter consists of two leaves, mostly typewritten, and concludes with several lines (between 3 to 7 lines) of hearty and profuse blessings in Yiddish and Hebrew, handwritten by the yeshiva dean and with his signature: "Baruch Dov Leibowitz dean of the Beit Yitzchak yeshiva".
R. Baruch Dov (Ber) Leibowitz (1864-1939), author of Birkat Shmuel, was a leading disseminator of Torah in his generation. He was a disciple of R. Chaim of Brisk in the Volozhin yeshiva and son-in-law of R. Avraham Yitzchak Zimmerman Rabbi of Halusk. After the latter relocated to Kremenchug to serve as rabbi there, R. Baruch Ber succeeded him as rabbi of Halusk and established there a yeshiva. After 13 years, he was invited to serve as dean of the Knesset Beit Yitzchak yeshiva in Slabodka. During WWI, he wandered with the yeshiva to Minsk, Kremenchug and Vilna, finally establishing it in Kamenitz. He authored Birkat Shmuel on Talmudic topics. His orally transmitted and written teachings are the basis of in-depth, yeshiva study.
[18] leaves, official stationery (9 leaves contain blessings handwritten and signed by R. Baruch Ber). 27.5-29.5 cm. Overall good condition. Folding marks. Minor tears to several leaves, some strengthened with acid-free tape (on verso).

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