Letter of Responsum by Rabbi Shmuel Zvi HaLevi to Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Spector

A letter of halachic responsum on the laws of Gittin, handwritten and signed by Rabbi “Shmuel Zvi son of Rabbi Moshe Aryeh HaLevi of Ponevezh", to Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan Rabbi of Kaunas. Ponevezh, Tevet 1868.
Rabbi Shmuel Zvi HaLevi [Wein] – the Rabbi of Vizhon (Otzar HaRabbanim 19623), son of the renowned Rabbi Moshe Aryeh HaLevi Av Beit Din of Eišiškės, Ponevezh and Yanov [a leading rabbi of his times who in 1872 wrote an approbation on the first edition of the book “Chafetz Chaim”, died 1892]. Rabbi Shmuel Zvi served in the rabbinate of Ponevezh and Yanov and in the rabbinate of Wiżajny(near Kalvarija), and was renowned as a sharp, clever Torah genius. Afterwards, he traveled to the USA [before 1888] and was one of the greatest New York rabbis where he served as Head of the “Beit Din HaGadol” which was established in opposition to “Agudat HaKehillot”. He died in the 1920s.
Two leaves, approx. 21 cm closely written. Dry paper, fair condition, damage to leaf margins with text damage.