Bidspirit auction | Receipt from 'Yeshivat Maharsh”a', Ostroh–Volhynia,

Receipt from 'Yeshivat Maharsh”a', Ostroh–Volhynia, 1939. - Receipt from “Yeshivat Maharsha”, in Ostroh–Volhynia, 1939. “Received from the esteemed benefactor, the Va’ad HaYeshivot in the city of Chicago, the sum of six hundred and ninety-five złoty.” A receipt issued to American donors for the support of Beit Ulpana Rabta, Yeshivat Maharsh”a, just months before the outbreak of World War II. Ostroh (then Poland, today in western Ukraine), Adar 1939. [1] printed leaf, receipt, with a photograph of the Yeshivah and words of thanks to the donors in Lashon HaKodesh, Yiddish, and English. On the reverse were printed the regulations for administrators and donors, in Yiddish and English. Details filled in by hand. With the stamp of the Yeshivah. Background: Rabbi Yosef Berkowitz HY”D, author of Chelkat Yosef, one of the senior disciples of the Mir Yeshivah and a Rosh Metivta in the Luninyets Yeshivah, founded Yeshivat Maharsh”a in Ostroh after World War I and served as its head. The administrator of the Yeshivah was his brother-in-law, Rabbi David Hazanowitz HY”D. The Yeshivah was established with the blessing of the Chafetz Chaim and Rabbi Chaim Ozer, in the Beit Midrash of the Maharsh”a, on the 300th anniversary of his passing. It became known as one of the distinguished Yeshivot. In 1939, as the sky darkened over European Jewry and days of suffering and calamity intensified, the Yeshivah and its students endured severe hardship. The present receipt reflects the gratitude of the Yeshivat Maharsha leadership to the Chicago Va’ad HaYeshivot, headed by the Gaon Rabbi Ephraim Epstein, for their support during those difficult days, and their hope for continued assistance as Pesach approached. After the outbreak of World War II, the Yeshivah fled to Vilna and continued to operate there under harsh conditions until its activity was cut short by the murderous Nazis, may their name be erased. Light wear along the edges of the document. Very good–good condition.