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She'erit HaPleitah: Group of [7] Letters from Rabbi Gershon Leibman, Rosh Yeshivah of "Sha'ar Beit Yosef" in Chelsheim
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She'erit HaPleitah: Group of [7] Letters from Rabbi Gershon Leibman, Rosh Yeshivah of "Sha'ar Beit Yosef" in Chelsheim
Rare collection including [7] letters about the development and maintenance of the She'erit Beit Yosef yeshivah in Frankfurt-Chelsheim. Entirely handwritten and signed by the renowned gaon Rabbi Gershon Leibman. Frankfurt am Main, 1945-6.
The letters are addressed to the gaon Rabbi Zeidel Siemiatycki, one of the leading activists for the Holocaust survivors. They contain very important information about the Torah activism in the DP camps.
In one letter, Rabbi Gershon writes about the yeshivah, "It is evolving and growing, baruch Hashem, from day to day and from moment to moment, both qualitatively and quantitatively, especially in the last few weeks, when we have obtained ... We have joined together with the yeshivah we founded in another lager. The yeshivah already has over a hundred students who literally study day and night ..."
Another letter refers to his establishment of a kollel for the young men who married while studying at the yeshivah. This was a great innovation, as Rabbi Gershon himself writes: "This is a wonder in their eyes, as they had never seen nor heard of such a thing - to study after the wedding as well ..."
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Gershon Leibman.
[7] letters, [11] written leaves. Most of the letters are on official stationery. Various sizes.
Overall fine condition. Aging stains, Fold marks and tiny tears in the margins of several leaves.
