| | | | Save to cart | | Title: | Manuscript material on Torah and Talmudic topics | | | Dates: | undated, circa 1920's | | | Call No: | 1994.002 | | | Abstract: | Collection includes manuscript material in an unknown hand on Tanakh, Talmudic, and Midrashic topics which may date from the 1920s. Among the issues dealt with in the collection are the importance of living in a proper religious environment, the importance of Torah study, and the pilgrimage made to the
Beit Hamikdash (Holy Temple). | | | Size: | 3 folders | | | Subjects: | Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, Interpretation, etc., Jewish | Talmud -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish | |
| Creator: | Lifshitz, David, 1907- | Save to cart | | Title: | David R. Lifshitz papers | | | Dates: | 1924, 1930, 1936-1991; Bulk Dates: 1941-1988 | | | Call No: | 2001.099 | | | Abstract: | Rabbi David Lifshitz (1907-1993) was chief rabbi of Suwalk, Poland before World War II and, following the Holocaust, taught at The Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) for nearly fifty years. The collection documents his involvement with Suwalki Holocaust survivors, his career at RIETS, his leadership position in organizations such as Agudath Harabanim and Ezras Torah and in numerous other issues in the Jewish and Israeli political, rabbinic and communal world. It contains correspondence, some writings and speeches, copies of various publications he collected, and a small amount of personal and family materials. | | | Size: | 11.5 Linear feet | | | Subjects: | Chief Rabbinate -- Israel | Elections -- Israel | Eulogies | Fraternal organizations -- New York (State) -- New York | Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York | Holocaust survivors | Israel -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy -- History -- 20th century | Israel -- Politics and government | Jewish law | Jewish refugees -- France | Jews -- Charities | Jews -- New York (State) -- New York | Jews, Algerian -- Israel | Judaism and state -- Israel | Orthodox Judaism -- Israel | Political parties -- Israel | Rabbis -- Correspondence | Rabbis -- New York (State) -- New York | Rabbis -- Poland -- Suwalki | Sabbath | Sefer Minḥat Yosef | Suwalki (Poland) | Talmud -- Criticism, interpretation, etc., Jewish | Washington Heights (New York, N.Y.) | |
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