Exchange with R. Warhaftig about R. Lamm's Appointment to YU Presidency (1976)

1. R. Warhaftig to R. Lamm (Aug. 15, 1976)

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Dear Rabbi Lamm, I know you must be flooded with congratulatory notes and calls – but please permit me to add mine. I have been an admirer of yours for many years, appreciating your sound scholarship, your clarity of thought and your ability to articulate your ideas in a most interesting way without resorting to rhetorical and literary gimmickry. I have found myself in agreement with many of your stands, as you spoke convincingly and with dignity for the Orthodox position. While I have no personal ties with Yeshiva, I recognize its paramount role in Jewish life and I am overjoyed that those entrusted [with] so momentous a decision...

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Exchange with R. Halpern about R. Lamm's Appointment to YU Presidency (1976)

Dear Norman, Neil broke the wonderful news to us this morning about your election as the new President of Yeshiva University. It seems he was talking to one of his friends on the phone last night and that’s the choice bit of information he received. Sheila and I are just delighted and proud that the committee and those involved have tapped you for the office. Our only question was why it took them so long to recognize what was patently obvious to us from the beginning.

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Exchange with R. Werdiger about R. Lamm's Appointment to YU Presidency (1976)

למעלת כבוד, ידידי הרב הנכבד, תורה ומדע בו צמודות, הרב ד"ר לאם שליט"א. לקראת יום הדין הבע"ל הריני מברך אני את כבודו ואת כל משפחתו יחיו – שתזכו לכתיבה וחתימה טובה בספר החיים והשלום, בריאות הגוף ושלות הנפש וכל טוב. גם ברכותי שלוחות לכל קהל עדת ישורון אשר כבוד מעלתו עומד בראש ומברך אני אותם ואת הגבאים העומדים בראש הקהלה, ואת כל בני ביתם יחיו, שיזכו לכתיבה וחתימה טובה וכל טוב. אכיר תודה אם כבודו שליט"א ימליץ בעד עבודת הקודש שלי שיכבדוני לכבוד החג הבע"ל בסכום מכובד,

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