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Letter by the Renowned Gaon Rabbi Nach Shimonovitz, Rosh Yeshiva of Knesses Chizkiyahu - Letter by the Renowned Gaon Rabbi Nach Shimonovitz, Rosh Yeshiva of Knesses Chizkiyahu, addressed to a benefactor who donated a large sum for the recitation of Kaddish on behalf of a departed woman. Zikhron Ya’akov, 1953 [5713]. Together with the original receipt issued to the donor. The letter was written during the brief period when Yeshivat Knesses Chizkiyahu was located in the town of Zikhron Ya’akov. About two years later, in 1955 [5715], following complaints from the residents, the yeshiva moved to its permanent location in Kfar Chassidim. Rabbi Nach Shimonovitz, however, did not merit to celebrate the transfer—he passed away only weeks earlier. At the instruction of the Chazon Ish, his brother-in-law Rabbi Mishkovsky was appointed as Rosh Yeshiva in his stead. [2] paper leaves, various sizes. Condition: Good–Very Good. Rabbi Nach Shimonovitz (1907–1955) – founder and Rosh Yeshiva of Knesses Chizkiyahu in Zikhron Ya’akov. A disciple of Rabbi Elchanan Wasserman and Rabbi Yitzchak Ze’ev Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav, and the close student of Rabbi Baruch Ber Leibowitz, with whom he studied privately for a period. During World War II he managed to escape Europe and reach the shores of Eretz Yisrael as an illegal immigrant. Arrested by the British, he spent nine months in the Atlit detention camp, where he organized Torah study sessions and ensured kosher food for the detainees. Through the intervention of Chief Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Halevi Herzog, Moshe Blau, and Rabbi Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky, he was released and settled in Jerusalem. Shortly afterward, he married Chana, the daughter of Rabbi Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky. Following the sudden passing of his father-in-law in 1947 [5707], Rabbi Shimonovitz decided to establish a yeshiva in his memory. With the guidance of the Chazon Ish, he founded Yeshivat Knesses Chizkiyahu in Zikhron Ya’akov, and brought Rabbi Eliyahu Lopian to serve as Mashgiach. In 1955, due to space limitations and complaints from local residents, he resolved to relocate the yeshiva. With the assistance of his brother-in-law Rabbi Eliyahu Mishkovsky, then Rabbi of Kfar Chassidim, he purchased ten dunams of land and erected temporary structures there. The dedication ceremony was scheduled for Lag Ba’Omer, 18 Iyar 5715, but just days earlier, on 5 Iyar, he suffered a fatal heart attack. Following his passing, the leadership of the yeshiva passed to his brother-in-law Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Mishkovsky, at the counsel of Rabbi Eliyahu Lopian. His Torah novellae were later published as Chiddushei Rabbi Nach (Jerusalem, 1982).