Autograph letter signed by R. "Yitzchak Isaac of Slobodka". Slobodka, Shevat 1877.
Letter to the heads of the Gov'ya community, recommendation for appointing to the rabbinate "My friend the great rabbi…David Ze'ev son of R. Michael from the Lyubcha community… Proficient in Torah knowledge…wise and intelligent in worldly matters, a person who possesses the spirit to lead a congregation…". The town of Slobodka was a suburb of the city Kovno, which was home to the ancient Jewish settlement in the Kovno region [until the mid-18th century, Jews were not permitted to settle in Kovno]. The Slobodka rabbis were known for their eminence in Torah knowledge and many Lithuanian rabbis were given semicha by Slobodka rabbis who were also responsible for the Kovno Kollel. R. Yitzchak Isaac who signed this letter, evidently served in the rabbinate at the end of the life of R. Ya'akov Eliyahu Segal who served in the Slobodka rabbinate from 1850 and died c. 1882 and before the time of R. Yitzchak Meir Rabinowitz Rabbi of Žasliai (1843-1890) who began his period in the Slobodka rabbinate in c. 1885. R. Moshe Danishefsky (1830-1909) was their successor in the Slobodka rabbinate.
Leaf 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Heavy wear to margins and to paper creases. Stains.