Long Letter of Torah Thoughts by the Ostrovtse Rebbe Yechezkel Halstock – To Rabbi Meir Arik Av Beit Din of ...

Long Letter of Torah Thoughts by the Ostrovtse Rebbe Yechezkel Halstock – To Rabbi Meir Arik Av Beit Din of Tarnów
Long letter (9 large pages) with a Torah responsum, handwritten and signed by the Ostrovtse (Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski) Rebbe, Yechezkel Halstock Av Beit Din of Nasielsk – to the renowned Rabbi Meir Arik Av Beit Din of Tarnów. Nasielsk, 1922.
Rebbe Yechezkel HaLevi Halstock (1887-perished in the Holocaust on the 10th of Tevet 1942), son of Rebbe Meir Yechiel HaLevi Av Beit Din of Ostrovtse [fasted for 40 years], son-in-law of Rebbe Naftali of Mielec-Rupshitz. An outstanding Torah scholar and holy man, he was known for his study method learned from his scholarly father. In 1911, he was appointed Rabbi of Inowłódz near Tomashov and in 1921 he moved to serve in the Nasielsk rabbinate. In 1928, he became rebbe and Av Beit Din of Ostrovtse succeeding his holy father. He founded the Beit Meir chain of yeshivot and stood at their helm. Many students studied in these yeshivot with the special study method of the Ostovtse rebbes – sharpness and proficiency in all areas of Torah study. He and all his descendants were murdered in the Holocaust (seven sons, daughters-in-law and grandchildren). The remnants of his Torah novellae on Seder Kodshim, Torah homiletics, etc. were printed in Kodshei Yechezkel.
This responsum was printed in Kodshei Yechezkel – Mahadura Tanina, Responsum 4 (at the end of the book Meir Einei Chachamim, Mahadura Tlita’a, New York, 1993).
5 leaves, approximately 34 cm. (9 written pages), good-fair condition, wear and filing holes on text.