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Lot #    21551
Auction End Date    10/7/2008 10:24:30 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Letter by R. Elijah Meir Bloch
Title (Hebrew)    כתב מה'ר אלי' מאיר בלאך, ר'י טעלז
Author    [Ms.]
City    Telz (Telsiai()
Publication Date    1938
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    Postcard, 99:152 mm., light age staining, ink on card, neat Ashkenazic script, signed and dated.
          
Detailed
Description		    R. Elijah Meir Bloch (c. 1894–1955), Lithuanian rabbi and dean of the Telz (Telshe) Yeshivah in the U.S. R. Bloch, who was born and educated in Telz, Lithuania, was appointed to the faculty of the yeshivah there in 1917. With the Russian occupation of Lithuania, the yeshivah was moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1941, under R. Bloch's leadership. R. Bloch retained the singular "Telz style" in Talmud study, which stresses precise inductive reasoning. He resisted every attempt at compromise with the Reform elements of the community, yet succeeded in obtaining the support of the Cleveland Jewish Federation for the local Orthodox high school. Active with the Agudat Israel since the Marienbad Conference of 1937, R. Bloch played a leading role in the American Agudah. He was also a member of Mo'ezet Gedolei ha-Torah, the international body which guides the World Agudah on questions of Torah principle, where he was known for the universality of his approach.
          
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Period
20th Century:    Checked
  
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Russia-Poland:    Checked
  
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Characteristic
Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
Letters:    Checked
  
Kind of Judaica