It is with great sadness that I am writing to inform you of the passing of Mr. Yaakov Shelomoh Biegeleisen. For over 60 + years Mr. Biegeleisen has been supplying material to the Library of Congress and other institutions around the world. His excellent service, boundless knowledge of Hebrew/Judaica book publishing, scholarly manner and unique personality will be greatly missed by the staff of the Israel and Judaica Section. Those who worked directly with him at LC (Galina, Yisroel, Aaron and myself) will particularly miss the excellent working relationships. When AJL was in NY, Galina and I had the opportunity to visit his shop. We were amazed at how Mr. Biegeleisen knew exactly where each book was located in the piles of material he had in the store. He remembered, without checking, what he sent to us and approximately when he sent it. He worked without a computer (until his nephew joined the firm) and kept handwritten records which he could always locate ( going back decades). His death is a great loss to the field of Judaica librarianship.
We extend our deepest condolences to the entire Biegeleisen family. Barukh Dayan he-Emet. Gail Shirazi and Galina Teverovsky
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