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Bidding Information
Lot #
4795
Auction End Date
6/10/2003 2:00:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
Title Information
Title (English)
Letter by R. Elijah Meir Bloch of Telshe
Title (Hebrew)
כתב מה'ר אלי' מאיר בלאך דטעלז
Author
[Ms.]
City
Cleveland, Ohio
Publication Date
1945
Collection Information
Independent Item
This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
Description Information
Physical
Description
[2] p., 268:185 mm., light browning.
Paragraph 1
Ink on stationary, signed and dated.
Detailed
Description
Concerning a student of the Yeshiva who moved to Brazil and is currently seeking to make Aliya.
Paragraph 2
R. Elijah Meir Bloch (c. 1894–1955), Lithuanian rabbi and dean of the Telz (Telshe) Yeshivah in the U.S., was born and educated in Telz, Lithuania. He 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, and 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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20th Century:
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Hebrew
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