Group of [3] historic documents from the establishment of Va’ad HaYeshivot L’Eretz Yisrael, which amalgamates all the yeshivahs in the Land of Israel. The Vaad was established in Poland by the leaders of Orthodox Jewry, Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky and the Chafetz Chaim, and was reestablished in 1941 in the Land of Israel by the rabbi of Slutzk, Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin, who signed on the documents below.
* Initial and interesting exposure: Precedential protocol that serves as something of a declaration of intent for the activities of Vaad HaYeshivot. The protocol shows the great hopes rabbinic leaders pinned on this sacred enterprise. The protocol is typewritten with handwritten comments.
* Lengthy letter attached to the protocol on the same topic. The letter was written on official Va’ad HaYeshivot L’Eretz Yisrael stationery that was then being established. (It is certainly one of the earliest letters from the Va’ad.) The letter is dated 19 Adar 1941, entirely handwritten and signed by the ga’ava”d of Slutzk, the gaon Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin, and addressed to the gaon Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky, the rosh yeshivah of Etz Chaim. Important letter.
Additional letter of greetings dated 28 Elul 1942, signed by the gaon Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin and the gaon Rabbi Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky. With new year’s greetings.
We will point out that these documents reveal that the only yeshivah with double voting rights at the Va’ad HaYeshivot was Etz Chaim.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a more expanded discussion of Va’ad HaYeshivot L’Eretz Yisrael and a brief biography of Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin .
[3] documents, various sizes. Official envelope included, stamped and postmarked. It bears the name of the addressee and the sender in the hand of the ga’avad of Slutzk, Rabbi Zalman Sorotzkin. Overall fine condition.