Long letter, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Avraham Ever Hirschowitz to Rabbi Shmuel Salant in Jerusalem. Melbourne (Australia), Adar Bet 1894. The letter has two signatures (on Page 3, he signs "Avraham Ever ben… Shmuel Shlomo, posek of Shomrei Emunim in the Beit Midrash of Chevrat Torah in Melbourne" and on Page 4 he signs: "Avraham Ever Hirschowitz". From this letter, it is evident that Rabbi Hirschowitz consulted Rabbi Shmuel Salant [whom he calls Admor] about community matters in Australia. On Page 4, Rabbi Hirschowitz writes of his thoughts about leaving Australia to live among Jews who are faithful to the holy Torah after succeeding in amending certain things connected to religious adherence and constructing a kosher mikveh in the city. He tells of a request he received to travel to Brisbane which was home to about 300 Jews, mostly from Russia and Poland, "And all have abandoned G-d's path and the blame lies with the rabbi who leads them on behalf of the London Rabbi… This wicked person leads them astray from G-d's ways and they do not have a shochet or a mohel, a non-Jew circumcises the baby and the beadle blesses on the circumcision… So far nothing has been done on behalf of the London Rabbi to benefit them in the future. Now I am waiting for your counsel, shall I go there to try to persuade them to repent and return to G-d and at least to stop eating treif and circumcise their children according to Jewish law…". In his letter, Rabbi Hirschowitz thanks Rabbi S. Salant for his wise counsel [in his letter from the month of Shevat 1994, see Torat Rabbi Shmuel M’Salant, Vol. 1 p. 22], on how to resolve questions concerning rain precepts in the southern hemisphere. Rabbi Avraham Ever Hirschowitz (1840-1924) was born in Lithuania. In 1884 he embarked on a mission to England and from around 1890 traveled to Melbourne and served there as rabbi, “Torah authority for the Shomrei Emunim community in the Beit Midrash Chevrat Torah”. In 1894, he moved to New York, where he served as posek, and in 1922, he immigrated to Jerusalem. Among his books: Beit Avraham responsa and Beit Midrash Shmuel. He also printed Ohel Sarah with laws for women (in English) which was printed in several editions. 4 pages, approximately 18 cm. Good condition.