Auction 82 Part 2
Books and Letters from the Rabbi Yaakov Landau Family Collection
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Aug 25, 2021
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LOT 420:
Letter from the Chazon Ish - Water Supply for Shabbat and Yom Tov, When Rosh Hashanah Begins on Thursday - Elul 1936
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Letter from the Chazon Ish - Water Supply for Shabbat and Yom Tov, When Rosh Hashanah Begins on Thursday - Elul 1936
Letter (approx. 22 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, the Chazon Ish, addressed to R. Yaakov Landau Rabbi of Bnei Brak. 13th Elul 1936.
The letter discusses the halachic difficulties involved in supplying water for the city of Bnei Brak on Rosh Hashanah 1936, which would fall on Thursday and Friday, immediately followed by Shabbat. In order to prevent Shabbat and Yom Tov desecration, it was necessary to plan the water supply from the municipal water pool, so as to avoid operating the pumps. The Chazon Ish suggests supplying a limited amount of water each day, so that it would last for all three days.
The Chazon Ish begins by expressing his distress over the operation of the water company on Yom Tov, which was problematic both from ideological and halachic viewpoints.
[1] leaf. 25.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Creases and folding marks.
