Bidspirit auction | Letter from Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov

Letter from Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Lubchansky to the directors of Vaad HaYeshivot. Baranovitch, 1936. - “And he, may he live and be well, greatly moves the hearts of his listeners with his sermons… his name is Harav Gaon Rabbi Yechezkel Rozanski, shlit”a.” Recommendation letter by the righteous Gaon Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Lubchansky, the renowned mashgiach of Yeshivat “Ohel Torah” in Baranovitch, in support of Rabbi Yechezkel Rozanski, Av Beit Din of Alinke, for work on behalf of Vaad HaYeshivot. Baranovitch, 1936. [1] leaf, in the holy handwriting and with the signature of Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Lubchansky. The righteous Gaon Rabbi Yisrael Yaakov Lubchansky HY”D (1872–1941) – among the great Mussar personalities of his generation. Born in Baranovitch, where his father served as the city’s rabbi. He was among the earliest students of Rabbi Yosef Yozel Horowitz, the ”Alter of Novardok, ” and later became his son-in-law. After his father’s passing, he briefly served as Rabbi of Baranovitch but transferred the position to his brother-in-law, Rabbi David Weitzel. He led the Novardok yeshiva network in Tsaritsyn and Kharkov. Upon crossing into Poland, he was appointed by the Gaon Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman as mashgiach of Yeshivat “Ohel Torah” in Baranovitch. He was a pillar of the “Beit Yosef – Novardok” yeshiva network founded by his father-in-law, and at gatherings of Novardok alumni, he would deliver his deep discourses and words of inspiration—lasting for hours—filled with profound love and awe, urging the pursuit of spiritual perfection and total devotion to Torah life and refinement of character. One of the rare individuals of his generation—a genius in Torah and in traits—who embodied Chassidut and righteous action. He was filled with passion in Divine service, a renowned Tzaddik, and a man of extraordinary humility. He was murdered by the Nazis, may their name be erased, in the Kovno Fortress in Tammuz 1941. Folding marks, creases, filing holes. Fair–good condition.