Subasta Bidspirit | Letter by Rabbi Zvi Hirsch

Letter by Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Lehren, the head of the Organization of Clerks and Administrators of Amsterdam. Amsterdam, [1850].  Letter of recommendation for the Melamed Rabbi Ze'ev Wolf ben Rabbi Yosef, handwritten by a scribe and signed by Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Lehren, Amsterdam, [1850].  [1] leaf, fine script, with the signature of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Lehren. The letter was printed in the Tzfunos journal, year I (1989), 4, p. 91.  Rabbi Zvi Hirsch ben Rabbi Avraham Moshe Lehren (1784-1853) a philanthropist and senior banker of the ”Holland et Lehren” Bank, who retired from his work at the bank to establish and head the Organization of Clerks and Administrators of Amsterdam (Kollel Hod). He supervised the donations for Torah learners in the Holy Land in the communities of western and central Europe.   Rabbi Ze'ev Wolf ben Rabbi Yosef Wolf of the Krodenburg community (in north-western Germany) lived in Amsterdam during the years 1843-1850 at Rabbi Zvi Hirsch lehren's house, where he taught the members of the family Torah, Yirah and Mussar. After his marriage, he left his position in the Lehren house and opened a yeshiva in Sermbeck, Germany (which was close to the Dutch border). The yeshiva closed after five years, when the German communities stopped sending their sons to yeshivas.  Fold marks, gluing, aging stains, some moth holes, good condition.   ............................................... Talk to us on WhatsApp