Recommendation Letter from the Mashgiach Rabbi Yerucham Leibowitz – Mir, 1934

Recommendation Letter from the Mashgiach Rabbi Yerucham Leibowitz – Mir, 1934
Letter (11 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Yerucham Leibowitz. Mir, Nissan 1934.
Letter of recommendation for the yeshiva student Mr. Eliyahu Zorkes, in advance of his immigration to the Holy Land: "… He studied in our yeshiva for two years with diligence and grew in sharpness and knowledge and correct understanding…".
R. Yerucham HaLevi Leibowitz (1875-1936), a leading educator and Torah scholar of his times, affiliated with the Mussar Movement. Disciple of Beit HaTalmud in Kelm and teacher of R. Yechezkel Levenstein. He served as mashgiach in Lithuanian yeshivot, in the Radin Yeshiva and others. His most productive position was his long tenure as mashgiach of the Mir Yeshiva, which he directed in its move to Poltava during WWI. After the return of the yeshiva to Mir, he was the backbone of its reconstruction, raising close disciples, including many illustrious yeshiva deans of our times. R. Chaim Shmuelevitz and R. Aryeh Leib Malin, who edited the books of his discourses, Chever Maamarim and Daat Chochmah UMussar, were among these disciples.
He showed special care for the students from Central Europe and delivered classes especially for them, illuminating the basic tenets of faith and the deep Torah thinking of Lithuanian yeshivot (some were later printed in the five volumes of Daat Torah).
Rabbi Wolbe, one of the youngest disciples of Rabbi Leibowitz, wrote in the preface to his well-known book Alei Shur: "…How does a Torah man look, after becoming a different person? Come with me… and see the beauty… The author of this book, in his youth… was brought close to a giant among men, the light of our eyes, who resurrects the dead with his speech, R. Yerucham HaLevi… in the Mir Yeshiva…".
[1] leaf, official stationery of the Mir Yeshiva. 27.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Tears to folds, with adhesive tape repairs on verso.