Lot 479
Letter from the Author of the "Chazon Ish"
A letter from Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, author of "Chazon Ish". Zichron Meir, B"nei Brak, 1949.
Wishes for success: "good wishes and eternal success in navigating the peaks of Torah, one who seeks his Torah welfare, Avraham Yeashayahu".
Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, author of "Chazon Ish" (1879-1954) modern-day genius in Halachic Law and Jewish Philosophy. A great Torah leader and saintly man who remained unknown for many years. He published his first work "Chazon Ish" anonymously, and from then on was known by the name of his book. After World War I he settled in Vilna. Rabbi Chaim Ozer who recognized him for his true worth, prompted him to become involved in guiding World Jewry, and when he emigrated to Eretz Israel in 1933, inundated him with rulings relevant to the Torah Settlement in Eretz Israel. He encouraged revival and fulfillment of Jewish laws applicable to the land (of Israel), and was the instigating power behind the resurgence of contempary Torah life and Chassidut. Tens of books of "Chazon Ish" were written and published on almost all the themes in Talmud, fruit of his intense labour and study.
He encouraged the youth and instilled in them his values for Torah study. Most probably the recipient of the letter was also one of his young acquaintances. His letters have been compiled into a three-volume work, "Kovetz Igrot – Chazon Ish".
17 x 11 cm. Very good condition.
