Auction 49 Part I - Books, Chassidism, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Draft of Responsum by Rabbi Elyashiv to the Steipler – 1953

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Draft of responsum on the laws of Netilat Yadayim, in the handwriting of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. [Jerusalem], Iyar 1953. Letter to his in-law Rabbi Ya'akov Yisrael Kanievsky [the Steipler, father of Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, son-in-law of Rabbi Elyashiv]. This responsum is unknown and has not been printed in Kovetz Teshuvot. Printed in Kehilot Ya'akov, Part 9 (Jerusalem, 1954), Siman 8 is a halachic discussion with "a Torah sage" about the issues of this treatise [these were printed in Kovetz Teshuvot, Part 4, Siman 16 in the name of Rabbi Elyashiv], but the teachings in this manuscript are not included there. [2] pages, 19.5 cm. Approx. 37 handwritten lines. Good condition.
Manuscripts - Ashkenaz
Manuscripts - Ashkenaz