Lengthy letter (2 pages) handwritten and signed by R. Yechezkel Berstein, dean of the Or Yisrael yeshiva in Slabodka-Kovno. Slabodka, 23rd Adar 1925.
Interesting letter on the history of the Or Yisrael intermediate yeshiva for young students in Slabodka. Addressed to his colleague, R. Moshe Finkel (son of the Alter of Slabodka), his predecessor as dean of the yeshiva, who had just immigrated to Eretz Yisrael, and served as dean of the Slabodka yeshiva in Hebron founded that year.
R. Yechezkel Berstein, who was a lecturer in the yeshiva at that time, reports to R. Moshe in this letter on the state of the yeshiva, the level of various students, their preparations for the upcoming examinations and various other matters relating to the running of the yeshiva (including the appointment of R. Yosef Farber as yeshiva dean).
The letter was written on the official stationery of R. Moshe Finkel, recipient of the letter.
R. Yechezkel Berstein (1889-1941, perished in the Holocaust), prominent student of the Knesset Yisrael yeshiva in Slabodka, and later lecturer and dean of the Or Yisrael intermediate yeshiva. Author of Divrei Yechezkel, a classic work used for profound yeshiva Torah study.
[1] leaf (2 written pages). 28.5 cm. Good condition. Dark dampstains. Wear and folding marks.

Lengthy letter (2 pages) handwritten and signed by R. "Yosef Aryeh Nenedik". Kobryn, Elul 1932.
This particularly interesting letter is addressed to his colleague R. Yitzchak Turetz in Kamenitz and opens with blessings for a good year.
R. Turetz, who was serving at the time as lecturer in the Kamenitz yeshiva (under his father-in-law R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz), was considering leaving Kamenitz to establish his own yeshiva, and had consulted with R. Nenedik regarding the advisability of this move. In this letter, R. Nenedik analyses the various aspects of the question with great insight and wisdom, offering him advice and encouragement.
R. Yosef Aryeh Leib Nenedik (ca. 1875-1943, murdered in the Kovno ghetto), a prominent Lithuanian mussar leader. Served as mashgiach in the yeshiva of the Chafetz Chaim in Radin, and founded the Grodno and later the Ponovezh yeshivot together with R. Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman.
[1] leaf (written on both sides). 19.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear, slightly affecting text.

Printed invitation to the wedding of the groom R. Dov Schwartzman, with the bride Sara Pesha, R. Aharon Kotler’s only daughter. [New York, Kislev 1946].
Two letters were written on the back of the invitation, one handwritten and signed by R. Aharon Kotler, and the second handwritten and signed by his wife, Rebbetzin Chana Perel Kotler. The envelope, addressed to R. Shabtai Yagel and his family in Ramat Gan, is enclosed.
R. Aharon Kotler writes: "…please accept our great appreciation for your faithful blessings, which emanate from the depth of your pure heart, and whoever blesses shall be blessed by G-d with all good forever, may you reap much satisfaction from all your sons… may you merit to disseminate Torah in prosperity… One who loves him eternally, Aharon Kotler". Rebbetzin Chana Perel writes: "Please accept my thanks as well… may we merit to inform and be informed of only good news, and may you be blessed with all goodness and much satisfaction from your dear sons... One who esteems and honors you for your great stature, Chana Perel Kotler".
[1] double leaf. 15 cm. Heavy stock paper. Good condition. Minor stains. Marginal filing holes.
Envelope enclosed. The stamps were removed.

Letter signed by R. Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik Rabbi of Brisk. Otwosk (Otwock), Iyar 1938.
Written by a scribe, with the full signature of R. "Yitzchak Ze'ev son of R. Chaim HaLevi Soloveitchik".
In the letter, addressed to R. Moshe Avigdor Amiel, chief rabbi of Tel Aviv, the Brisker Rav asks that the estate of a Jew from Brisk who passed away in Tel Aviv be sent to his young orphan heirs who remained in Brisk.
R. Yitzchak Ze'ev Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav (1887-1960), son of R. Chaim of Brisk and grandson of the Beit HaLevi. Prominent Torah leader in his generation, rabbi of Brisk and later leader of Torah Jewry in Jerusalem.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Wear, creases and tears. Filing holes, stamp and various inscriptions.