Letter Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor – Kovno, 1895

Letter Handwritten and Signed by Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor – Kovno, 1895
Letter (14 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor Rabbi of Kovno (Kaunas). Kovno, Adar 1895.
Familial letter addressed to his grandson R. Avraham Yosef and his family. R. Yitzchak Elchanan mentions in the letter that the books arrived from Vilna, and that he would send him the book (presumably referring to Ein Yitzchak Part II, printed in Vilna in 1895). R. Yitzchak Elchanan further blesses his grandson and family: "And I hereby bless you, your wife and dear sons, and may G-d grant you success to elevate yourselves further, with much satisfaction, life and peace, your friend, your dear grandfather who seeks your wellbeing always, Yitzchak Elchanan, residing in our community".
R. Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor (1817-1896), a Torah luminary in his generation, renowned for his exceptional Torah knowledge, his diligence and outstanding piety. The supreme Torah authority of his times, he led Lithuanian and Russian Jewry for years with wisdom and compassion. He served as rabbi from ca. 1837 and in 1864, he was appointed rabbi of Kovno, his fame spreading throughout the world as a foremost halachic authority. His responsa and novellae are printed in his books Be'er Yitzchak, Nachal Yitzchak and Ein Yitzchak. The recipient of the letter, R. Avraham Yosef, married in the summer of 1890; an invitation to his wedding appears Igrot Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan (vol. II, p. 560, letter 282).
This letter does not appear in the two volumes of Igrot Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan (Bnei Brak, 2004).
[1] leaf. Approx. 21 cm. Very good condition.