Lengthy letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi Avraham Duber Kahane Shapiro, Rabbi of Kovno, author of Devar Avraham. Resort town next to Kovno, 20th Sivan 1932.
Addressed to R. Yechezkel Abramsky in London, who was freed from Bolshevik Russia that year and appointed rabbi of the Machazikei HaDat community in London. The Devar Avraham writes of his joy to receive his letter and states that he recited the blessings Matir Asurim and Matziv Gevul ("Blessed is He Who releases prisoners" and "Blessed is He Who establishes the boundary"), adding that he had called for R. Abramsky to be appointed to the position, and expressing his satisfaction that his greatness was appreciated by the Jews of London. He continues with a blessing for him, his family and community.
The letter goes on to relate to various topics, regarding a Torah article published by R. Abramsky on public affairs (also mentioning "R. Ch[aim] O[zer]") and family issues.

R. Avraham Duber Kahana Shapiro (1871-1943, author of Devar Avraham, an eminent rabbi in his times, son of R. Zalman Sender Kahane Shapiro and son-in-law of the Gadol of Minsk, R. Yerucham Yehudah Leib Perlman. He studied in the Volozhin yeshiva and served as Rabbi in Smilavichy (where he was succeeded by R. Abramsky) and Kovno. His learned book Devar Avraham, the first part of which was first printed in 1906, made him famous, and the book was discussed widely even in his own generation. He was renowned as a prominent leader of Jewry and of the Agudat Rabbanim in Lithuania. When the Holocaust broke out, he was on a visit to Switzerland but returned to Kovno, saying that a captain does not abandon his ship during a storm. He died in the Kovno Ghetto and thousands of Jews attended his funeral.
R. Abramsky had escaped Russia in 1932 (after much persecution and imprisonment) and reached England, where he was appointed rabbi of the Machazikei HaDat community in London.

Official stationery, 29 cm. Written on both sides, 27 lines in handwriting. Good condition. Stains, creases and folding marks.

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