Lot 506
Letter from Rabbi Moshe Aryeh HaLevi Rabbi of Yanov
A letter by Rabbi Moshe Aryeh HaLevi. Yanov, 1882.
A letter of authorization for marriage: "For the young man Yoseph HaCohen from an honorable family and his father is Yehuda son of the late Tzaddik and Great Rabbi Aryeh Leib who was Rabbi here… ".
Rabbi Moshe Aryeh HaLevi, Rabbi of Eishishok, Ponovezh and Yanov (Kovna district). In 1872, he was one of the five great rabbis that gave their approbation of the first edition of the book Chafetz Chaim that had then been published anonymouslyy. In the approbation he writes about the Chafetz Chaim: "My friend the Great Rabbi G-d Fearing… and as I know this Rabbi and his ways that he did not write this book for money or honor, his only intent was for the sake of Heaven". He died c. 1892. See attached material.
10.5 cm. Thin and light-colored paper, good-fair condition, tears and stains on margins. Wax stamp.
