Yosef Rosen. From his Mechutan R. Chaim Tzvi Schapiro. Bobruisk 1928.

מכתב לר’ יוסף רוזן ...

Yosef Rosen. From his Mechutan R. Chaim Tzvi Schapiro. Bobruisk 1928.

מכתב לר’ יוסף רוזן ממחותנו, ר’ חיים צבי שפירא. בוברויסק תרפ”ח (1928)

Lengthy autograph letter of novella on a Sugya in Maseches Nedarim by R. Chaim Tzvi Schapiro, Rav of Bobruisk, to R. Yosef Rosen, the Rogatchover Gaon.
After the passing of his wife in 1921, the Rogatchover married his deceased wife’s sister who had been recently widowed. She brought into the marriage a son, Yitzchok who was therefore both a nephew and a stepson of the Rogatchover. In 1923, Yitzchak married Gittel, the daughter of R. Chaim Tzvi Schapiro, Rav of Bobruisk.
R. Chaim Tzvi Schapiro (1873-1933) was a son of R. Moshe Shmuel Schapiro, who was the youngest son of R. Aryeh Leib Schapiro (R. Leibel’eh Kovner). One of R. Leibel’eh’s sons was R. Refoel Schapiro who initially served as the Rav of the Misnagdim in Bobruisk. On R. Refoel’s appointment as Rosh Yeshiva in Volozhin, he was succeeded in Bobruisk by his youngest brother R. Moshe Shmuel. From 1900-1917, R. Chaim Tzvi Shapiro was the Rav in Lupitz, a suburb of Minsk. Upon the passing of his father, he succeeded him as Rav of Bobruisk. He served there faithfully under the harsh decrees of the Communists, until his passing in 1933.
22 by 14 cm. Fine condition. Small repairs.
Opening bid $400