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262 RarePosterWhichUnitesthe Foremost Admors and Rosh Yeshivas, with their Handwritten Signatures. 1967
Call to proper Jewish women and girls, with the handwritten signatures of the foremost Admors and Rosh Yeshivas in the Land of Israel. [1967].
Speci cations: [1] leaf, 32x21 cm. Typewritten, signed with the handwritten signatures of ten of the generation׳s leaders.
Background: Extremely important poster about modesty which was written a short while after the Six Day War, in which the great Admors and Rosh Yeshivas in the Land of Israel call for Jewish girls to continue to improve in modest dress. e poster is signed by ten of the great leaders of the generation, Admors of large chassidic groups alongside revered Admors of smaller courts to whom many people ocked to be blessed, Roshei Yeshiva and leaders of the Lithuanian community, led by Rabbi Elazar Mencahem Mann Shach.
e signatories in the order their signatures appear:
e rst signatory, the Admor Rabbi Yisrael Alter of Gur, later known as the‘Beit Yisrael׳ of Gur, may very well have been the instigator of this publication. e Admor, author of the‘Beit Yisrael׳ of Gur was the the one who revived the chassidut after the Holocaust, one of the leaders of Ultra-Orthodox Jewry in Israel for an entire generation, and head of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah.
e Admor Rabbi Yechiel Yehoshua Rabinowitz of Biala,
one of the foremost Admors who served as Admor beginning in 1924, known for his sanctity and prayers and known as ‘ e Jewish people׳s pillar of prayer.׳ He passed away in 1982.
e Admor Rabbi Yochanan Twersky of Rachmistrivka. At a young age he was miraculously saved from being hanged by the Communists. His entire family immigrated to Jerusalem in 1926, he served as Admor beginning in 1950 and was revered by the Jews of Jerusalem and known for his many prayers by the Western Wall. He passed away in 1982.
e Admor Rabbi Mordechai Goldman of Zhvil, was the son of the Admor Rabbi Gedaliah Moshe, he served as Admor for dozens of years and founded the chassidut׳s institutions in Israel. His teachings appear in the books Yikra D׳ Malka, passed away in 1979.
Rabbi Avraham Yaakov Zeleznik, Rosh Yeshiva of Etz Chaim, a member of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah of Agudat Yisrael and Degel HaTorah, lived in the Kerem neighborhood of Jerusalem throughout his life until his passing at the age of 98 in 2010. He wrote the books Ohr L׳Yaakov on Talmudic tractates.
e Admor Rabbi Chaim Meir Hager of Vizhnitz, rebuilt the Vizhnitz chassidut after the Holocaust, one of the leaders of Ultra-Orthodox Jewry in Israel, a member of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah of Agudat Yisrael and one of its navigators. He passed away in 1972.
e Admor Rabbi Avraham Weinberg of Slonim. Educator, in his youth he was sent as a messenger to Rabbi Chaim of Brisk and the Chafetz Chaim. He lived in Tiberias, and served as Admor of Slonim beginning in 1956. He later moved to Jerusalem. Member of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah until his passing in 1981.
Rabbi Elazar Menachem Shach, one of the Roshei Yeshiva of Ponovezh, transmitter of the yeshiva traditions from the great pre-Holocaust Lithuanian leaders to the yeshiva world in the Land of Israel. One of the leaders of the Ultra-Orthodox community and leader of the Lithuanian community for several decades, head of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. He passed away in 2002. He wrote the set of books Avi Ezri on the Rambam.
Rabbi Yosef Adler known as Rabbi of Turda, during the Holocaust he was active in saving Jews and was one of the lead- ing rabbis in Eastern Europe after the Holocaust. Immigrated to Jerusalem in 1950, established the Turda yeshiva in Jerusalem, served as a member of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah until his passing in 1977.
e Admor Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Biderman of Lelov.
Wondrous gure of a holy man. Born in Jerusalem, ordained as a rabbi at a young age, along with studying kabbalah from the great kabbalists of Jerusalem. Revered by the foremost Admors. Beginning in 1930 he served as Admor of Lelov, and later also of the elders of the Karlin chassidut. He was known as a righteous man and a miracle worker. His tisches were famous. He often immersed himself in the mikveh, and underwent much su ering. He was revered by the Admors of his generation, and was in close contact with the Admor Rabbi Aharon of Belz and Rabbi Yisrael Abuchatzeira, the Baba Sali.
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