Letter by the Mashgiach Rabbi Yerucham Leibowitz – Mir, 1934

Letter by the Mashgiach Rabbi Yerucham Leibowitz – Mir, 1934
Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yerucham Leibowitz. Mir, Cheshvan 1934.
The content concerns a shidduch (match).
Rabbi Yerucham HaLevi Leibowitz (1875-1936), a leading educator and Torah scholar of his times, affiliated with the Musar Movement. Disciple of Beit HaTalmud in Kelm and teacher of Rabbi Yechezkel Levenstein. He served as spiritual leader in Lithuanian yeshivas, in the Radin Yeshiva, etc. His was primarily known as mashgiach of the Mir Yeshiva, which he navigated when the Mir Yeshiva moved to Poltava during World War I. He was the backbone of the reconstruction of the yeshiva and had many close disciples who became illustrious Torah leaders, including many of the head of yeshivas in our times. His students were accustomed to calling him Admor [Chassidic title: Our Master, Teacher and Rabbi]. Among his disciples were Rabbi Chaim Shmuelevitz and Rabbi Aryeh Leib Malin (who edited the book of his discourses Chever Ma'amarim, Da'at Chochma U'Musar, etc.).
He especially befriended the students who arrived form Central Europe to the yeshiva and delivered special va’adim (casual classes) for them, in which he spoke of the basics of faith and the deep Torah thinking of Lithuanian yeshivot, (later printed in the five volumes of Da’at Torah).
Rabbi Wolbe, one of the youngest of Rabbi Leibowitz’s disciples wrote of his teacher in the introduction to his well-known book Alei Shur: “When I was young, a storm brought me to bask in the shadow of a giant among men, the light of our eyes…R’ Yerucham HaLevi…and he showed us… the life of a great man…”.
Official stationery of the Mir Yeshiva, 14X21 cm. 7 handwritten lines. Good condition, filing holes, minor wear and stains.