SHLOYME (SOLOMON) HALEVI HALPERIN

SHLOYME (SOLOMON) HALEVI HALPERIN (1869-1935)

            He was born in Warsaw, Poland.  He was a great-grandson of the Magen-Avraham (Avraham Gombiner).  He studied in yeshivas, later becoming a merchant.  From 1902 he traveled through the Polish Jewish towns with his sermons about fortifying the faith, while living in great poverty.  He was also a leader in Agudat Yisrael.  He authored both Hebrew and Yiddish religious texts and pamphlets, such as: Ḥomat hadat vehaemuna (Wall of religion and faith), “thirteen sermons on the idea of the Jewish religion” (Petrikov, 1902), 142 pp., republished several times; Veda ma shetashuv (And know what to say in response), “religious answers; the sincere reader will find herein sufficient material to oppose the apostates,” four brochures (Warsaw, 1926-1927), 196 pp. altogether.  He died in Warsaw.

Sources: Bet eked sefarim; Biblyografishe yorbikher fun yivo (Bibliographic annuals from YIVO) (Warsaw, 1928); verbal information from Avrom Zembo in New York.

Khayim Leyb Fuks