A handwritten reccopmendation letter of behalf of the Maseh Avot orgnization, by Maran Rosh Yeshiva of Ponevezh, Rabbi Elazar Menachem Man Shach to the Gaon Rabbi Pinchas Roberts Rabbi of "Adas Yisrael" in Hendon, London,
Bnei Brak, 1972. 24.9 Cm.
Maran Hagaon 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 Rechovos, 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.
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