Auction 32 Tiferet 32 - Rare and Special Items
By Tiferet Auctions
Feb 10, 2022
Shenhav Building, Beit Hadfus st , Jerusalem, Israel

A special auction of rare items:

First editions of Hassidic Sefarim, Slavita-Zhitomir, letters by Tzaddikim and the greatest Hassidic Rabbis, the Geonim of Ashkenaz and Hungary, the greatest Rabbis of Lithuania, the greatest Poskim of previous generations, pedigreed copies, artifacts of renowned Tzaddikim, Satmar, Chabad and more.  

The auction has ended

LOT 49:

Postcard of gratitude handwritten by the great Gaon Rabbi Shimon Shkop, one of the greatest Rosh ...

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Postcard of gratitude handwritten by the great Gaon Rabbi Shimon Shkop, one of the greatest Rosh Yeshivas and their father, to the supporters of his yeshiva. Grodno, 1936.

The Yiddish postcard is handwritten entirely by him and is laden with his blessings for the supporters of the yeshiva. He ends with a request and plea to continue their support of the yeshiva. His handwritten Hebrew signature and stamp appear at the end as well as the stamp of the yeshiva. Grodno, Cheshvan 1945. 

The great Gaon author of 'Sha'arei Yosher' Rabbi Shimon Yehuda HaKohen Shkop (1860-1939) one of the greatest Rosh Yeshivas in Lithuania and leaders of the generation. After two years of studying at the Mir Yeshiva, he joined a selected group which studied Torah with the Gaon Rabbi Chaim of Brisk at the Volozhin Yeshiva. He married the niece of Rabbi Eliezer Gordon of Telz, who was impressed by his spiritual greatness and invited him to serve as a Ram at the Telz Yeshiva for eighteen years. In 1920, he was called by the Gaon Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodsinsky to serve as the Rosh Yeshiva of the Sha'ar HaTorah Yeshiva in Grodno. He held this position until his passing. There he also published his book "Sha'arei Yosher", a basic book for Yeshiva students throughout the Jewish world. 

[1] official postcard. 9X11 cm. Yiddish. The place of stamps is torn. Stain where the postcard was filed. Very good condition. 
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