Lot 227
Letter by Rabbis of Grodno, 1858
Letter by rabbis of the rabbinical court in city of Grodno, to Rabbi Shmuel Salant and rabbis of Jerusalem, with signatures of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch son of Rabbi Yehudah Leib, Rabbi Aryeh Leib son of deceased Rabbi Yisrael and Rabbi Yehudah Leib son of Rabbi Yekutiel Zalman, local rabbinical authority. Grodno, Tamuz 1858.
The letter concerns a matter of divorce certificate for a young woman whose elderly husband has traveled to Jerusalem and who is pregnant out of wedlock, whereas her innocent husband does not believe this serious circumstance. The letter refers to a letter which the husband wrote, to Ga’on Rabbi Eliezer Landau grandson of the Vilna Ga’on. On the other side is a special handwritten letter to the husband with signature “Avraham --- HaCohen”.
The Ga’on Rabbi Yehudah Leib son of Rabbi Yekutiel Zalman Rabinowitz (Reb Leib Zalman’s), served as chief rabbinical authority in Grodno for approximately forty-five years. Due to his supreme proficiency he was referred to as “the Choshen Mishpat itself”. Passed away in Kislev 1895; left many written Torah Chiddushim in all areas of Halacha.
Leaf [2] pages, 26 cm. Good condition.
