Letter from Zalman Koitner Conveying Appreciation from Chief Rabbi Shapira about Tzedaka Article (1988)

This letter, from the personal assistant to Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi Avraham Shapira, was written in response to Rabbi Lamm’s article "Tzedakah Vachesed," published in HaPardes.

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Letter of Appreciation to Dr. Kaminetsky for Address to Torah Umesorah Dinner (1962)

Dear Joe: I want to let you know what kind of a wonderful impression your report to the Torah Umesorah Annual Dinner on Sunday night made upon me and all others who were sitting in my area, both from The Jewish Center and from without. Your report was filled with fascinating material and you held the interest of your audience every moment – no mean feat at all. I particularly admired your exemplary self-restraint in avoiding “stories” or homiletics, which is a professional danger with us. Many more years of health and strength in your fabulous work for Torah. Cordially yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm.

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Letter of Gratitude from Rabbi Lamm's Family (1968)

Dear Norman, I hope that this does not embarrass you too greatly, but it is all very deeply felt and meant. Our beloved Zeida (ע״ה) would have much nachas from the wonderful name you have made for yourself; your wisdom and learning; and the high position in the Orthodox Jewish circles that you held. But, I feel, that he would have been most proud and pleased to know that you, like he, throughout his blessed life, will always make the time and find the compassion to help those less fortunate than yourself. You, of all of us, come closest to...

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Letter to R. Ovadia Yosef about His Appointment as Chief Rabbi (1972)

לכבוד האי גברא רבה הרה״ג מוהרר”ע יוסף שליט״א הראשון לציון, אחדש״ת כמשפט, הנני מצטרף לאלפי מעריציו בברכותי ובאיחוליי לרומע”כ לרגלי התמנותו כראשון לציון וראש הרבנים בא”י. תקוותי ותקוות המונים של שלומי אמוני ישראל ולוות בו שבכח גדלות בתורה ומרצו הרב יזכה להרם קרנה של הרבנות בישראל ויצליח להגדיל תורה ולהאדירה. יקבל-נא כש"ת ברכות הציוט וידע נא שאע"פ שאינני מכירו הנני מוקירו ומאחל לו הצלחה וברכה, ויזכה לראות בהשגת מטרותיו הנעלת במשרתו החדשה.

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