Letter by the Father of the Chazon Ish, Rabbi Shemaryahu Yosef Karelitz Av Beit Din of Kosava and from His Mother ...

Letter by the Father of the Chazon Ish, Rabbi Shemaryahu Yosef Karelitz Av Beit Din of Kosava and from His Mother the Rebbetzin
Handwritten letter and two signatures of Rabbi Shemaryahu Yosef Karelitz and a letter (in Yiddish) handwritten and signed by his wife Rebbetzin Rasha Leah, to their eldest son Rabbi Meir Karelitz. Kosava, Cheshvan 1904.
An interesting letter dealing with a shidduch from the city of Vilna. He refers to something said by his son Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya [author of Chazon Ish] on this matter: "I do not understand the words of my son R' A.Y. about doing my will for two reasons…". At the end of the letter after the first signature "Shemaryosef" [the letter Yud used for both his names combining both names into one], he adds his regards to his "mechutan the Gaon" [Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen of Vilna, author of Cheshek Shlomo, father-in-law of Rabbi Meir Karelitz] "and his son R' A.Y" [Rabbi Avraham Yisrael HaCohen], and signs again "Shemaryosef".
Rabbi Shmaryahu Yosef Karelitz (1852-1916), author of Beit Talmud, served as Av Beit Din and Rosh Yeshiva of Kosava bordering with Grodno. Son-in-law of Rabbi Shaul Katzenelbogen Av-Beit-Din of Kobryn. His wife, Rebbetzin Rasha Leah was known for her righteousness and her modesty and merited seeing all nine sons and sons-in-laws outstanding G-d fearing Torah scholars and important rabbis. Among them are Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, author of Chazon Ish, Rabbi Meir Karelitz Av Beit Din of Lachowicze and one of the heads of Mo'etzet Gedolei HaTorah and Rabbi Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky author of Kehilot Ya'akov (the Steipler).
Stamped postcard, 14 cm. Fair condition. Creases and stains.