A warm letter of recommendation on Behalf of the Moreshet Avot organization.

Bnei Brak, 1981. With several lines of titles in his hand & signature.

The Gaon Rabbi Elazar Menachem Mann Shach (1898-2001), was born in Lithuania and studied in the great Yeshivos of Ponevezh, Slabodka and Slutzk. He taught in the Kletsk Yeshiva in Poland and was later Rosh Yeshiva of the Karlin Yeshiva in Luninyets. During the Holocaust years, he emigrated to Eretz Yisroel and taught in Yeshivas Kletsk in Rechovot, which was headed by his relative R. Tzvi Yehuda Meltzer. Shortly afterwards, Rav Shach was appointed as a Rosh Yeshiva in Ponevezh, where he remained for the rest of his life teaching Torah to thousands of students. In addition, he served as the head of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah and was recognized as the pre-eminent Gadol Ha’Dor, leading the “Yeshiva World” for decades. Author of the monumental Avi Ezri on the Rambam.

The Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman (1900-1987), was born in a small town near Vilna, where his father was Rav. He learned in the Slabodka Yeshiva and had a particularly close connection to the Alter. He married the daughter of R. Sheftel Kramer, and in 1930, he joined R. Sheftel at the latter’s Yeshiva in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1933, R. Ruderman moved to Baltimore, where he became Rav of the Tiferes Yisroel Shul, and subsequently founded the Ner Yisroel Yeshiva, where he taught generations of Talmidim.

On official letterhead. 24.9 cm.

Lot #260

Letter of recommendation by the Gaon Rabbi Elazar Menachem Mann Shach to the Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman. 1981.

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Letter of recommendation by the Gaon Rabbi Elazar Menachem Mann Shach to the Gaon Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman. 1981.

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