New Year greeting letter, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv to his mechutan Rabbi Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz. Between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur 1972.
Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv (1912-2012) was the mechutan of Rabbi Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz (1913-2011), because Rabbi Elyashiv's son Rabbi Binyamin David Elyashiv (author of Yad Binyamin) is married to Rabbi Lefkowitz's daughter. Throughout their lives, they had a close relationship and after Rabbi Lefkowitz died, Rabbi Elyashiv said that he protected the the Torah education of their generation.
Postcard, 14.5 cm. Good condition, childish scribbles on the margins.