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Letter from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein to the Rabbi of Bogotá, Colombia - 1959

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Letter from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein to the Rabbi of Bogotá, Colombia - 1959
Letter handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Feinstein. [New York], Purim Katan 1959 [14th Adar I, February 1959].
Addressed to R. David Sharbani Rabbi of Bogota, Colombia, the letter concerns the relaying of a get to a woman in Colombia through an agent, from her husband living in Costa Rica who would be coming to New York. R. Moshe asks him to speed up the investigations on the matter, so that the relatives of the husband could bring him to New York to draw up a halachically acceptable get - "Therefore please let me know as soon as possible, since such matters need to be promptly carried out…".
R. Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986), foremost halachic authority in the United States. A leader of Orthodox Jewry, he served as president of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, and chairman of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah. He was the dean of the Tiferet Yerushalayim yeshiva in New York. He authored Responsa Igrot Moshe, Dibrot Moshe - Talmudic novellae and Darash Moshe - novellae on the Torah.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Good condition. Minor stains.