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LOT 250:
Letter of Recommendation by the Ga’on Rabbi Ya’akov Zalman Libschitz
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Letter of Recommendation by the Ga’on Rabbi Ya’akov Zalman Libschitz
Handwritten and signed letter by Rabbi Ya'akov Zalman Libschitz, to his brother-in-law Rabbi Eliyahu Kletzkin chief of Beit Din in Lublin. Brisk, Lithuania, 1912.
Recommendation to assist the grandson of “world renowned genius of west and miracle worker of generation Rabbi Shmuel Salant”.
Ga’on Rabbi Ya'akov Zalman Libschitz, famous genius among pillars of Lithuania. Son of Ga’on Rabbi Baruch Mordechai Libschitz author of Brit Ya’akov. Among leaders of Brisk community and right hand of the Ga’on Rabbi Chaim of Brisk. Foremost authority in all holy matters, father of Yeshivot in Brisk and among leaders of orthodox community in Lithuania. Emissary of Rabbi Chaim of Brisk to Convention of Orthodox Congregation Against Zionism which convened in Kovno in 1899 (this organization was referred to in Zionist circles as “the black bureau of Kovno”). His Torah Chidushim were printed in various books and collections. The Sdei Chemed often corresponded with him in halachic matters.
Official stationery, 21 cm. Good condition.
