"From Ramba'm to the Tur and from the Tur to Ramba'm and from bavly to yerushalmi, This is my perpetual business" - ...

"From Ramba'm to the Tur and from the Tur to Ramba'm and from bavly to yerushalmi, This is my perpetual business" - four letters from the Gaon of Lomza Rabbi Yehuda Leib Gordin

Four Postcards in the Handwriting and Signature of The genius of Lomza Rabbi Yehuda Leib Gordin. Sent from Chicago, where he was appointed rabbi of the city, to his sons and grandchildren who spent that time in Eretz Israel, early 20s / letter written by his son-in-law from Lomza to his father-in-law after leaving Lomza to serve in the United States.

1-4. In the postcards written to "my son-in-law, daughter and grandchildren", the genius describes that, apart from the sermons handed down to Bnei Torah, he has already visited the University of Baltimore, and that he has gave sermons to the students who study there eight times, and all have not prevented themselves from coming and hearing his sermons, in other postcard he recommend himself "and I myself Deals with gossip" and interprets "meaning from Ramba'm to the Tur and from the Tur to Ramba'm and from bavly to Yerushalmi, This is my perpetual business And once a month I talk from the stage in Agadeh and thats all". in another letter, the genius details the hardships of his journey to the United States: "Being in Poland There was no communication at the time and I delayed in Paris for two weeks with the Parisian rabbi because he did not let me leave his house, Is a native of Lomza and I came to new york in Menachem Av new moon, On the Atlantic [Ocean] I only traveled seven days ... ", and more.

5. Letter in the handwriting of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Gordin's son-in-law - sent from Lomza after leaving the city and traveling to the United States - Menachem Av [1922]. In his letter, the bridegroom writes about the rumors circulating in Lomza regarding the reason for the departure of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Gordin the city, and writes: "Everyone is speculating in this fact, but Anyone with a brain in mind does not dare to think that there is no self-touch in that. By G-d was the reason ... Our brethren in America have won that one of the greatest generations to dwell in them, for all the good they have done in recent years to save their brethren in other lands from captivity and to raise the foundation of Torah and Judaism in the above countries. from today, Judaism in the United States will take on a new form in the spirit and of our holy Torah ..."

The Genius Rabbi Yehuda Leib Gordin [1853-1925] Rabbi of various cities in Belarus and Poland, and served as Lomza's rabbi at the end of his life, after which he is known as the 'Lomza genius'. In his youth, he studied with Rabbi Moshe Danishevsky. When he was 24 years old, Rabbi of Michalshok died Rabbi Yehuda Leib Cohen Korlitzer, and in his will ordered to appoint Rabbi Gordin under him. He served for nine years in the rabbinate. And in 1886, he moved to serve as a rabbi in the town of Augustov, near Bialystok, which was then part of the Subalek province. Although he was "Mitnaged", he was also accepted by Augustov's hasidic Jews. In 1904 he was elected to serve as Rabbi of Samargon, and established a yeshiva there, attended by about two hundred students.

In 1913, he was elected to serve as Lomza's rabbi, shortly after his appointment, World War I broke out and he dealt with the needs of the city's Jews against its changing authorities. As the city rabbi, also Anxious for the fate of the Lomza Yeshiva and in 1925 traveled to Chicago to raise Donors for the Yeshiva. His appearance in Chicago, giving his speeches in English, made an impression on ultra-Orthodox Judaism in Chicago, and they chose to appoint him as chief rabbi of Chicago. He agreed to accept the appointment, but as he was preparing to take up his post, he fell ill and died in Chicago in May 4, 1925. He was buried at a mass funeral in Chicago. . The letters before us all were written during this time when he was a rabbi in Chicago.

4 postcards and [1] letter. overall very good condition.