Six letters in the handwriting and signature of the genius Rabbi Yehuda Leib Gordin, Av Beit Din of Lodz - four postcards, and two letters. The postcards and letters were sent at the end of his life in the midst of the Din days from Chicago to his sons and grandchildren who were in Palestine at that time, the 1920s.
In one of the postcards that was actually written in Yemey HaDin and sent in 1923, the genius writes to his sons and grandchildren: ' I did not reply to your letter because I was a great prey these days, of course, the days of Din and then our Shimcha are take part in the heads in both respects ...' , then he Adds to the tell about various drashot he delivered. In another postcard he wrote in Elul 1923, the genius tells about 'a dangerous disease' which was miraculously saved by 'seven great doctors' who cured it.
In some of the postcards, the genius writes decisively that despite his dire health condition ' Before the age of 70 I will not die, for the known reason' . and Indeed he died at the age of 72.
In a postcard sent in March 1925 about two months before his death, the genius tells of a storm that swept through several cities: "A very great storm of wind that destroyed several towns far from Chicago - supreme providence showed the Americans that they would not trust in their wisdom and power ." And more matters.
The Genius Rabbi Yehuda Leib Gordin [1853-1925] Rabbi of various cities in Belarus and Poland, and served as Lomza's rabbi at the end of his life, after which he is known as the 'Lomza genius'. In his youth, he studied with Rabbi Moshe Danishevsky. When he was 24 years old, Rabbi of Michalshok died Rabbi Yehuda Leib Cohen Korlitzer, and in his will ordered to appoint Rabbi Gordin under him. He served for nine years in the rabbinate. And in 1886, he moved to serve as a rabbi in the town of Augustov, near Bialystok, which was then part of the Subalek province. Although he was "Mitnaged", he was also accepted by Augustov's hasidic Jews. In 1904 he was elected to serve as Rabbi of Samargon, and established a yeshiva there, attended by about two hundred students.
In 1913, he was elected to serve as Lomza's rabbi, shortly after his appointment, World War I broke out and he dealt with the needs of the city's Jews against its changing authorities. As the city rabbi, also Anxious for the fate of the Lomza Yeshiva and in 1925 traveled to Chicago to raise Donors for the Yeshiva. His appearance in Chicago, giving his speeches in English, made an impression on ultra-Orthodox Judaism in Chicago, and they chose to appoint him as chief rabbi of Chicago. He agreed to accept the appointment, but as he was preparing to take up his post, he fell ill and died in Chicago in May 4, 1925. He was buried at a mass funeral in Chicago. . The letters before us all were written during this time when he was a rabbi in Chicago.
General condition: Good. Attached two postal envelopes in which two letters were sent.
