Letter signed and stamped by the holy Rebbe Rabbi Yochanan Sofer of Erlau to Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Shrovitzky.

Letter signed and stamped by the holy Rebbe Rabbi Yochanan Sofer of Erlau to Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Shrovitzky.
Invitation to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Yeshiva.

The Admor Rabbi Yochanan Sofer of Erlau (1923-2016) was the Admor of Irlu, the fifth generation of Chatam Sofer, who after the Holocaust re-established the community of Arlau, a member of the Council of Torah Sages of Agudath Israel. Lived in Jerusalem, as the tradition of the Sofer family is named after his book Imrei Sofer.

Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Shrovitzky (5668-5738), son of Rebbe Meir Shalom of Bialystok and son-in-law of Rebbe Pinchas Iscar of Pintszew and Sosnowiec. Rabbi and Rabbi of Bialystok, active in "Agudat Israel" in Poland and one of the faithful of the home of Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzansky, of Tel Aviv Rabbis and chairman of "Agudath Israel" in Tel Aviv. During the Holocaust he was sent to the Far East on rescue missions, on behalf of Agudath Israel and the Association of Polish Rabbis, to deal with refugees in the Far East, Siberia and throughout Russia. Served as representative of the Jewish Agency and the Polish government-in-exile. In later years he also dealt extensively with matters of education and charity, and headed the secret activity of Agudath Israel to send aid to Russian Jews under the Iron Curtain.

Jerusalem. 5721

Condition; Generally Very Good, folding marks, stains.