Bidspirit auction | RABBI AVRAHAM AHARON JUDELEWITZ, RABBI

RABBI AVRAHAM AHARON JUDELEWITZ, RABBI OF NEW YORK, LETTER TO RABBI YAAKOV BENTZION MENDELSON, AV BEIS DIN NEW YORK, REGARDING A KASHRUS SCANDAL . Letter dated 1924, supporting Rabbi Mendelson in his refusal to appear before a rabbinical court to answer accusations made regarding his kashrus supervision. Rabbi Avraham Aharon Judelewitz (1850-1930), born in Novaradok, where he was renowned as an infant prodigy. Studied at the Volozhin Yeshiva. Rabbi in a number of Russian communities before coming to Manchester (1900), Boston (1906), Bayon NJ and Adas Yeshurun and Chief Rabbi of the United Communities of New York. For a period he also served as Rosh Yeshivas Rabeinu Yitzchak Elchanan in New York. Famous American Talmudic scholar and author of Shaalos Uteshuvos Beis Av, and Darash Av. Rabbi Yaakov Bentzion Mendelson (1876-1941), born in Kreutzburg, Rabbi in Leeds, Gateshead (1904), and Glasgow (1906), before emigrating to New York in 1915 where he served as Rabbi of Beis Medrash Hagadol. Author of S haarei Tzion, Sefer Hatzayad, Medrash Yaavetz and Mishnas Yaavetz. 1 side. 20 x 25 cm. Good condition. Stained.