Auction 4 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Apr 22, 2009 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 413:

Letter from Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin, written by his Assistant Rabbi Yitzhak Shlomo Blau

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Letter written as instructed by Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin, by his assistant Rabbi Yitzhak Shlomo Blau. Jerusalem, 1896.
The letter deals with matters of charity distribution, request of donation for the Diskin Orphanage, and for Pidyon. Also response to halachic question which had been posed to Rabbi Diskin.
On margin appear three words in a different handwriting [possibly that of Rabbi Diskin himself].
The Brisker Rabbi, Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin (1819-1898, Otzar Ha-Rabbanim 7763) came to Jerusalem in 1878, and from then until the day of his passing, Rabbi Yitzhak Shlomo Blau was his disciple and trusted assistant in all matters of the community and individual.
The Hungarian-Jerusalemite scholar Rabbi Yitzhak Shlomo Blau (1857-1943) was author of Melo Ha-Omer on laws of Hallah, and among founders of both Diskin Orphanage and Ohel Moshe yeshivah. He was father of Rabbi Moshe Blau, leader of Jerusalem Agudat Israel, and of Rabbi Amram Blau, leader of Neturei Karta sect. See enclosed material, about him and his responsibilities in the home and institutions of Rabbi Diskin.
One page, 23 cm. Fair condition, heavily stained by time; slightly worn on folding marks.

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