| January 30, 2023 - 8 Shevat 5783 Rav Eliezer Silver zt"l:
- Tonight, 9 Shevat, marks the 55th yahrtzeit of Rav Eliezer Silver zt"l, one of the trailblazing leaders of American Jewry during the mid-20th century, and a founder of Agudas Yisroel of America.
- Rav Silver was a brilliant talmid chacham and extraordinary masmid, a prized talmid of Rav Chaim Ozer Grodzenski zt"l and Rav Chaim Brisker zt"l. He arrived in the United States in 1906. In addition to serving as a Rav in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and then Cincinnati, Rav Silver was a pioneer in building Torah-true yiddishkeit across America. He was a marbitz Torah and fought on behalf of uncompromising kashrus, shemiras Shabbos and taharas hamishpachah. He was a leader in Agudas Yisroel of America, Vaad Hatzalah and Agudas HaRabbonim. After World War Two, Rav Silver famously traveled to Europe wearing a U.S. military uniform to provide aid to Jews on the continent and rescue Jewish orphans who were in Christian monasteries and orphanages.
- Agudah's archives include the following letter signed by Rav Silver, and addressing, before Rosh Hashanah, the challenges to frumkeit, the need to examine one's deeds, and the imperative to unite together under the banner of the Torah. Although the letter is undated, from the context it seems that it was sent out either during or soon after World War Two. Click here or on the image below to read a larger version.
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