Detailed
Description |
|
Addressed to his rebbe and mentor, R. Mordecai Epstein in Jerusalem, the rabbi sends a $100 (!) donation and includes a "kvitel" (prayer request) for himself and his family for the upcoming Rosh Ha-Shanah.
Rabbi Elhanan Zevi Guterman (Henry, 1883-1966) was born in Kalvarla, Lithuania. Before coming to the United states, at the age of 19, he was ordained at the Slobodka Yeshiva. After serving briefly as rabbi of a congregation in Atlanta and at the Penn Avenue Synagogue in Scranton. he was appointed chief rabbi of the city's four orthodox congregations.
Rabbi Guterman, served for 57 years as chief orthodox rabbi of the city and conducted, until six months before his passing a daily lecture on the Talmud at the Hebrew Orthodox Center in Scranton. A renowned Talmudic scholar, he was known to study 15 hours a day or more, was a consultant on Jewish law to the chief rabbinate at Jerusalem.
Rabbi Guterman was very active in the community on behalf of Jewish affairs and was the founder of Scranton's Hebrew Day School and the Young Men's Hebrew Association. |
