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Lot 130:
Urgent plea by HaGaon Rabbi Chaim Ozer of Vilna for assistance of persecuted Torah scholars in Russia!
The handwritten and signed letter is dated on the eve of Rosh Chodesh Adar Rishon, 1924. In this letter, Rabbi Chaim Ozer describes the dire situation faced by yeshivas in Russia due to the rising influence of communism several years before (in 1918). Many students were forced to flee to Poland, and the yeshivas were threatened with closure.
Single page on official stationery.
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