Letter of recommendation for Yomtov Lipman Rakow.
מכתב-המלצה אודות יום טוב ליפמאן ראקאוו.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Bloch, Joseph Leib, 1860-1930, author, signer.

Hoffmann, Jakob, 1881-1956, author, signer.

Contributor:

Telshe Yeshiva (Telšiai, Lithuania), associated name.

Jüdische Gemeinde Frankfurt am Main, associated name.

Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund.

Language:

German

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Rakow, Yomtov Lipman, 1884-1951--Knowledge and learning.

Rabbis--Lithuania--Telšiai--20th century--Autographs.

Rabbis.

Rabbis--Germany--Frankfurt am Main--20th century--Autographs.

Local Subjects:

Rakow, Yomtov Lipman, 1884-1951--Knowledge and learning.

Genre:

letters of recommendation

Penn Provenance:

Stamped with the official stamp of Jakob Hoffmann (stamp at document footer, "Dr. Jakob Hoffmann, Rabbiner der Israel. Gemeinde, Frankfurt a. M.").

Sold by Kedem Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 70 (March 31, 2020) lot 340.

Stamped with the official stamp of Joseph Leib Bloch (blue stamp adjacent to autograph: "יוסף יהודה ליב במהר"ם ז"ל בלאך אב"ד ור"מ בטעלז, J.L. BLOCH, Rabinas in "Ješivo" Vedêjas Telši").

Physical Description:

1 leaf : paper ; 28 x 22 cm.

Production:

Telšiai, Lithuania ; Frankfurt am Main, [1926].

טלז, ליטא ; פרנקפורט דמיין, [1926]

Language Note:

In Hebrew (Bloch letter) and in German (Hoffmann letter).

Biography/History:

Rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Telshe Yeshiva, Telšiai, Lithuania, 1910-1929 (he died November 10, 1929), and founder of the Yavneh Teacher's Seminary, among the most prominent Musarites; son-in-law of the previous dean, Eliezer Gordon (1841-1910) and previously founder of the yeshiva of Shadova (Šeduva, Lithuania) and rabbi in Varniai, Lithuania; he wrote שעורי דעת and שיעורי הלכה.

Summary:

Letter of recommendation for Yomtov Lipman Rakow for positions serving as teacher of Hebrew, Rabbinic studies, and Judaics in Germany; Rakow (1884-1950), from Uzda, Belarus (a town southwest of Minsk) taught Hebrew and Rabbinic studies first at the Torah Lehranstalt (headed by Salomon Breuer, who died months before this manuscript in July 1926) and of Jakob Hoffmann, both in Frankfurt; Rakow was to escape Germany at the outbreak of World War II and served as Rosh yeshivah in London (his son, Betzalel Rakow (1927-2003) was a rabbi in Gateshead, England, and head of the Council of Torah Sages, Agudath Israel of Great Britian). Jakob Hoffmann translated (and added to) the letter into German (below Bloch's autograph) and undersigned, dated 24 December 1926. Typed portion in 5 lines; written portion in 9 lines.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rare Judaica Acquisitions Fund.

Cited as:

Letter of recommendation for Yomtov Lipman Rakow. (UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 671). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1414660626