Endorsement letter by the Mekor Baruch . Yanova, 1940.
The Mekor Baruch (1882-1941) was a leading Torah scholar in pre-war Lithuania. He was the prime disciple of Harav Itzele Ponoviczer and had a special closeness with the Ohr Somayach. His profound work, the Mekor Baruch stirred excitement among the Rabbanim of Lithuania and their yeshivos, and he was eventually appointed President of the Union of Lithuanian Rabbis. Harav Nachum Baruch Ginzburg gave his life al kiddush Hashem along with the members of his community in the Yanova ghetto on the 8th of Av, 5701 (1941).
The front side of the letter is an appeal by Harav Kalman Glissel, Av Beis Din of Tuchin (who was a prime disciple of Harav Aharon Kotler in Kletzk) to help him procure an American visa and obtain other necessary funds. On the other side is an endorsement letter signed by the Mekor Baruch.
Yanova, 1940. Double-sided letter. Page size: 21×29 cm. Good condition.
Handwritten note appears on the side of the page affirming that $25 has been sent to him via Hagaon Harav Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, Av Beis Din of Vilna.
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