Letter of Rabbinate from the Kazloshtzina congregation to the Ga’on Rabbi Yerucham Asher Warhaftig. Kazloshtzina, Av, [1902].
“The Rabbi is obligated to instruct us as to the right path to follow. And to speak on Shabbat…”. Includes 31 signatures of great and respected personalities of the city.
The well-known Ga’on Rabbi Yerucham Asher Warhaftig (1873-1965, Otzar HaRabbanim 11605), author of Divrei Yerucham, for additional information related to him see item 480. In the introduction of his book Divrei Yerucham he recounts his brief service in the rabbinate of Kazloshtzina which is in close proximity to Slonim, a position which Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Shachor took over.
35 cm. leaf. (Some of the signatures are on the other side of the leaf). Fair condition, tears on folds and margins. Scotch tape damages.