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A letter of Torah thoughts by Rabbi Yoseph Zundel Hutner. Eišiškės, 1903. [Not printed].
The letter was sent to Rabbi Yitzchak Meisel (Otzar HaRabbanim 10810) with a response to Rabbi Yitchak's comments on his book. With effort, he answers a question on the Tiferet Yisrael and he writes: "A most difficult question and such a mistake is very surprising for such a great man and to establish the words of chachamim that they should not be found mistaken G-d forbid, I shall give a hard-pressed explanation…".
Rabbi Yoseph Zundel Hutner (1846-1899), a great Lithuanian Torah genius learned chavruta with Rabbi Meir Simcha HaCohen for a number of years. When Rabbi Yoseph Zundel was offered the rabbinate of his native city, Dvinsk, he feared that the rabbinate of such a large city may hinder his studies, so he passed the offer on to his companion the author of Or Sameach. From 1881, Rabbi Yoseph Zundel served in the rabbinate of Deretchin and from 1897 he was Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva in Eišiškės. He wrote Chevel Yoseph [a general name for his renowned books on the four parts of the Shulchan Aruch], Ulam HaMishpat, Chadrei Deah, Ginzei Chaim and Chukei Ha'Azara.
The Chafetz Chaim admired him as a holy man and often sent people who turned to him for advice and salvation to Rabbi Yoseph Zundel saying, "He is a great tzaddik – go to him and he will pray for you". A famous story is told about the Chafetz Chaim who sent a special emissary to Rabbi Yoseph Zundel for a blessing. Since he did not understand the meaning, the emissary feared to deliver Rabbi Yoseph Zundel's blessing: That the Chafetz Chaim merit going barefoot and carrying stones [e.g. that he should merit being a Cohen Gadol who carries the stones of the choshen and go barefoot in the Beit HaMikdash]. When the Chafetz Chaim heard the blessing, he responded that even one of the blessings is sufficient, meaning he should merit serving in the Beit HaMikdash as a regular Cohen… The Chafetz Chaim even asked him for an approbation for his book Likutei Halachot.
21 cm, c. 20 lines in his holy handwriting and his signature. Very good condition.