Two letters from R. Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik. Boston, Tishrei 1965 and Cheshvan 1967.
The first letter, addressed to R. Pinchas Peli, editor of the Panim el Panim weekly, contains blessings for a good year: "Please accept my heartfelt seasonal blessings. A good sealing for a year of life and peace, happiness and greatness, accomplishment and creation, mental wellbeing and peace of mind. May his home be a well-watered garden filled with blessing".
The second letter is addressed to R. Menachem Porush, president of Agudath Israel in Jerusalem, in response to his good year letter: "I thank him for his words and blessings, may he too be blessed, and through him his entire household should be blessed, with heavenly kindness and all good things".
Enclosed: a copy of the letter of R. Menachem Porush to R. Soloveitchik, dated Elul 1967, in which he excitedly reports of the return of the Jewish people to the holy sites in Eretz Israel: "This blessing and prayer is sent this time, thank G-d, from Jerusalem, our complete Holy City, from near the remnant of our Holy Temple… the Western Wall, and from near the tombs of our forefathers in Hebron…".
R. Yosef Dov HaLevi Soloveitchik (1903-1993), son of R. Moshe son of R. Chaim of Brisk. He served as rabbi of several prominent cities and communities in the United States, and was the dean of Yeshiva University in the US. He was close in spirit to the yeshiva world, yet stood at the helm of Modern-Orthodox Jewry in the United States, and was very active in disseminating and presenting Judaism to American Jewry. Many thousands attended his lectures, and were greatly impacted by him. Many books in Halacha, Aggadah and Jewish philosophy were published based on his writings and lectures. His profound philosophy served as an inspiration to many.
Two aerograms. Approx. 30 cm. Good condition. Creases and folding marks. Filing holes. Enclosed: [1] leaf, typewritten copy of letter from R. Menachem Porush. 28 cm. Thin paper. Good condition.