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Letter signed by the Gaon Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin, head of the Vaad Yeshivot, about the exclusivity of the Slonim yeshiva. Tishrei 1958. - Typewritten letter on official letterhead of the “Vaad Yeshivot of Eretz Yisrael”, addressed to Rabbi Gaon Meir Kohen, head of the Agudas Rabbanim of the USA and Canada, from the 5th of Tishrei, 1958, on a few points related to the Slonim yeshiva: “this important yeshiva existed in Poland and was transplanted after World War II to Israel by its leader, the gaon Rabbi Shabtai Yagel…in Israel there is no other yeshiva bearing its name and no one argues with that…and there is no connection between the Slonim yeshiva and the Beit Avraham yeshiva in Jerusalem. Yeshivat Beit Avraham was founded by the Admor of Slonim and constitutes a center of Torah for all those following this chassidut…” He ends and signs by hand: “with blessings of Torah and with thanks, Zalman Sorotzkin, Av Beit Din of Lotzk/head. Size: 27.5x21cm. Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin (1880-1966) was the son of Rabbi Ben Zion. He was Zv Beit Din of Lotzk (Ukraine) before the Shoah, and he served as head of the Council of Torah Sages, a leader of the Vaad Yeshivat and the Chinuch Atzma’i. He won the Rav Kook Prize for Judaic Literature in 1952. He is described in the book Ohaeli Shem: “This excellent rabbi had wonderful skills, and apart from his greatness in Torah he was also well-versed in the sciences, he passed exams in all subjects held at the Gymnasium, and he could be chosen as official rabbi of any town in Russia; he is also a wonderful darshan, a great thinker, and really draws in anyone who listens to him.”