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LOT 216:
Early Letter from the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik. 1946
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Early Letter from the Gaon Rabbi Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik. 1946
Letter of blessings and approbation from the gaon Rabbi Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik, one of the leaders of American Jewry. Sent to the gaon Rabbi Ze'ev Wolf Leiter, av beit din of Pittsburgh, on the occasion of the publication of his sefer MiToratam shel Rishonim. [Boston], 1946. Unprinted.
"It seems to me that [your] work, Heavenly work, is not in need of approbations and praises, because they are the words of the Rishonim and Acharonim ... by whose words we live, and whose water we drink ..."
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the gaon Rabbi Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik and the addressee, the gaon Rabbi Ze'ev Wolf Leiter.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 14x21.5 cm. Handwritten and signed by him. With the original postal envelope.
Very fine condition. Fold marks.
