[Avodah] More on The Grandfather of the Bais Yaakov Movement.

[Prof. L. Levine]

I have received two replies to my email about RSRH being the Grandfather of the Bais Yaakov Movement. One pointed out that Rabbi Elias's version of the 19 Letters CLEARLY reflects revisionism. This is indeed true!

The other reminded me that years ago I had uploaded Rabbi Dr. Bernard Drachman's translation of the 19 Letters.  See the email below.

Dear Professor Levine,

An Internet search on Nineteen Letters of Ben Uziel led me to https://staff.ncsy.org/education/education/material/4oEMREnXJF/19-letters-of-ben-uziel-teachers-guide<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstaff.ncsy.org%2Feducation%2Feducation%2Fmaterial%2F4oEMREnXJF%2F19-letters-of-ben-uziel-teachers-guide&data=04%7C01%7Cllevine%40stevens.edu%7C1760f3e8b3f549835b1608d9ca8270fa%7C8d1a69ec03b54345ae21dad112f5fb4f%7C0%7C0%7C637763484312407786%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=ms8SV%2BeumO94OO8f1BaWq2G4xr7UPKMEnIOmx7fTskk%3D&reserved=0>, where I found not only a study guide, but a link to the full text of the book which is posted on your website [http://web.stevens.edu/golem/llevine/rsrh/The_Nineteen_Letters_of_Ben_Uziel.pdf].

Dorron Katzin

I was not aware of the NCSY study guide.

Rabbi Dr. Bernard Drachman was a central figure in Orthodoxy during the first part of the 20 century.  He even spoke at Houdini's funeral.  See

"A Forgotten Champion of American Orthodoxy<http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/front-page/a-forgotten-champion-of-american-orthodoxy/2005/11/23/>" The Jewish Press, November 25, 2005 page 1.

Yitzchok Levine

PS.  I spoke this morning with my 18-year-old granddaughter who is attending Maalot Seminary in Israel this year. She told me that tow of the rabbis who teach there are very much into RSRH. She also said that there is a group there that is studying the 19 Letters.

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