Auction 38
Lot 196:
Letter on official letterhead, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Dov Beer Soloveitchik. From 9th of Iyar, addressed “to my dear friend Rabbi Meir Kohen shlita, a blessing of $1650 for the Agudas HaRabbanim. Please send receipts to” and then he writes the address in English. Size: 21.5x14cm. Light stains, overall good condition.
Rabbi Yosef Dov Beer HaLevi Soloveitchik (born 1908) was the son of Rabbi Simcha and grandson of Rabbi Haim, the Brisker Rav (the Beis HaLevi). He studied under his father and Rabbi Shlomo Poliachok of Meitzit. He was the son-in-law of the Edelman family of Lithuania. He immigrated to the US in 1933 and served as rabbi of the Bnei Yisrael community in Spring Valley. He was a member of the Council of Rabbis in America and helped found Yeshiva University.
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