A long letter handwritten and signed by R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinski. Vilna, "7th of Teshuvah" [7th of Tishrei, September 1933].
Sent to London to R. Yechezkel Abramsky, one of London's rabbis and one of his close associates (from the time of R. Yechezkel's studies at the Ramailes Yeshiva in Vilna, and from his tenure as rabbi of Slutsk).
The letter deals with various matters. At the beginning of the letter, Rabbi Chaim Ozer writes about his return from vacation in Druskininkai (a resort town near Vilna) and about the great "anguish" he suffered in the last month "and especially from the passing of our teacher the righteous Gaon who left no one like him after his death, the Chafetz Chaim of blessed memory, and in this orphaned generation, we have no one to comfort us and strengthen us".
He continues to write about help for the "Vaad HaYeshivot" and about the visit to England of his brother-in-law R. Yitzchak Kosovsky, rabbi of Valkovisk, who traveled to South Africa via London, on his way to serve as rabbi in Johannesburg.
He then writes about the telegram he sent with "an awakening to strengthen the Chafetz Chaim Yeshiva which is entangled in debts". and then he writes about efforts with various people and organizations to help rabbis and yeshivas. At the end of the letter, Rabbi Chaim Ozer concludes with a New Year blessing.

Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski (1863-1940) was the greatest of his generation and the rabbi of all diaspora Jews. Son of R. David Shlomo Grodzinski, rabbi of Ivye. Known from childhood for his extraordinary genius. At age 11, he entered the Volozhin Yeshiva and was a student of rabbi Chaim of Brisk. At 24, he was appointed rabbi and posek in Vilna, taking the place of his father-in-law Rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Grodnenski, posek in Vilna (son-in-law of Rabbi Yisrael of Salant). From a young age, rabbi Chaim Ozer bore the burden of public affairs, and his opinion was decisive for nearly fifty years in all public questions that arose throughout the Jewish diaspora.

The recipient of the letter, R. Yechezkel Abramsky (1886-1976), was one of R. Chaim Ozer's trusted associates and agents. From the time of his youth studying under R. Chaim Ozer in Vilna, he became close to him in faithful friendship. In the winter of 1906, "the prodigy from Mosty" Yechezkel Abramsky was forced to leave the Telz Yeshiva and flee to Vilna (which was then under Polish rule), for fear of conscription into the Russian army.
Upon arriving in Vilna, he was accepted to the Ramailes Yeshiva, and was also accepted to the select group of exceptional scholars who heard scholarly lectures from R. Chaim Ozer (according to Melech BeYofyo, pp. 29-33).
Later, when he served as rabbi of Smilovichi and Slutsk, he worked extensively on behalf of R. Chaim Ozer in various public affairs. R. Abramsky smuggled the manuscript of the first part of his book "Chazon Yechezkel" from Slutsk to Vilna, to R. Chaim Ozer who arranged for its printing in Vilna in 1925, through his trusted associate R. Aharon Dov Alter Waranowski (a cousin of Rabbi Abramsky's wife).
When R. Abramsky was arrested by the Soviet authorities in 1930 and sent to Siberia, R. Chaim Ozer stirred up the Jewish world in efforts to free him. After R. Abramsky's release in early 1932, R. Chaim Ozer established together with him and the Rebbe Rayatz of Lubavitch, the project of sending "Kimcha D'Pischa" and food shipments to Jews suffering under Bolshevik rule in Russia. R.Abramsky also worked extensively on behalf of R. Chaim Ozer for the holy yeshivas in Poland and Lithuania, and for the rabbis of Europe.
This present letter reflects some of their joint activities on these issues. They also worked together on many public matters, including the struggle for the purity of Jewish lineage and marriage, and the fight against anti-Semitic decrees in Germany and European countries against "Jewish slaughter" (on the question of stunning animals before slaughter, which renders the meat non-kosher).

[1] leaf. Official stationery. Approx. 26 cm. 17 lines in his handwriting. Good condition. Folding marks and stains.

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