Bidspirit auction | Letter by Rabbi Aharon Dov

Letter by Rabbi Aharon Dov Dachovich, rav of the Tiferest Torah synagogue of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Handwritten and signed by him. New York, [1965]. Bensonhurst, [1965]. Letter handwritten by Rabbi Aharon Dov Dachovich to the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin of Ezras Torah. Bensonhurst, [1965]. [1] leaf, 28 cm. The letter was enclosed with a donation to Ezras Torah before Passover. Rabbi Aharon Dov ben Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Dachovich - (was born in 1908) - a famed Gaon, a disciple of Rabbi Chaim Ozer and Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibovich in Vilna and a student of the Radin Yeshiva. In 1923, immigrated to the USA and studied at the Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Yeshiva. Received his rabbinic Semicha, studied law and became a lawyer. Served as Rav of Beis Sholom and as Rav of the Tiferes Torah synagogue of Brooklyn. Authored a book of Derashos on the Torah. Was a member of the rabbis' committee of New York, a member of the executive committee of the Mizrachi Histadrus and as vice chairman of the Union of Rabbis. The Ezras Torah organization was established during World War I for assisting rabbis and Bnei Torah and their families. Over the years, the organization helped Bnei Torah in Europe, the USA and Israel, in a wide variety of issues. For many years the institution was headed by the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Eliyahu Henkin and the Gaon Rabbi Yisroel Rosenberg. Fold marks, very good condition.