The Leiman Library
Bookstamp of R. Shlomo Heiman
| Text of Stamp: | Outer ring: Rabin Szloma Gejman Wilno Inner ring: שלמה גיימאן ר”מ יש[י]בת רמיילס בווילנא Notice the Russian use of G for H, even to the point of using the Hebrew spelling גיימאן for היימאן. |
| Stamp Appears in: | R. Hayyim Heller, לחקרי הלכות (Berlin, 1924), TP and front and back pages. |
| Subject: | R. Shlomo Heiman (1892-1944), Talmudist and Rosh Yeshiva, was born in Paritch, near Minsk. Early in his career, he taught at the Baranovich Yeshiva. In 1927, he was appointed Rosh Yeshiva of the Ramailes Yeshiva in Vilna. In 1935, he left Vilna for New York, where he served with distinction as Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta Torah Vodaas in Brooklyn until his untimely death in 1944. He taught, influenced, and ordained many of the leading rabbis and roshei yeshiva who would leave their mark on the next generation of Torah study in America and Israel. His publications include: חידושי רבי שלמה על ענינים שונים בש”ס (Tel-Aviv, 1966); חידושי רבי שלמה: שיעורים ובירורי סוגיות על סדר נשים נזיקין חולין ועוד (Bnai Brak, 1981); חידושי רבי שלמה על התורה ומועדים (Lakewood, 2013); and later editions of the items listed. |
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Bibliography:
Eliezer Katzman, “תולדות הג”ר שלמה היימן זצ”ל וחוגו” in ישורון i8(2001), pp. 153-176.
Yaakov Lifschuetz, “קורות חייו על אדמת אמריקה” in ישורון i8(2001), pp. 148-152.
Wikipedia.