Auction 85 - Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Letter from Rabbi Moshe Feinstein – Request to Assist an Agunah – New York, 1952
Letter (10 lines) handwritten and signed by R. Moshe Feinstein. [New York, Iyar] 1952.
Sent to the Chief Rabbinate in Tel Aviv. Request for assistance in the case of an agunah in the United States whose husband abandoned her and fled to Israel.
Inscriptions (by several writers), from the offices of the rabbinate in Tel Aviv, recording attempts to locate the husband (including an instruction to check the Chevra Kadisha records).
Rabbi Moshe Feinstein (1895-1986), leading posek in the United States, head of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah and dean of the Tiferet Yerushalayim Yeshiva in New York.
[1] leaf, official stationery. 28 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Folding marks. Torn filing holes.
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