Lengthy letter (2 pages) handwritten by R. Yehuda Leib Chasman author of Or Yahel, with his signatures "Y.H.L.". Jerusalem, Kislev 1931.
Written on the official stationery of the Hebron – Knesset Yisrael yeshiva in Jerusalem, and addressed to R. Yechezkel Sarna (who was presumably abroad at the time taking care of yeshiva matters). R. Chasman describes the precarious financial situation of the yeshiva, and asks R. Sarna to write to his brother and ask him for help. On the verso, additional letter (signed again), regarding sending emissaries of the yeshiva to the United States.
R. Yehuda Leib Chasman (1869-1935), a leading Torah scholar of his times. A confidant of R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, the Chafetz Chaim and R. Shimon Shkop. Rabbi of Szczuczyn, and later mashgiach of the Hebron yeshiva until his passing.
[1] leaf, official stationery, written and signed on both sides. 26.5 cm. Good condition. Minor open tears at top of leaf, not affecting text.
