Auction 66 - Rare and Important Items
Letter from the Chazon Ish – Vilna, Iyar 1933 (Two Months Prior to his Immigration to Eretz Israel)
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Postcard, letter handwritten and signed by R. Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz author of Chazon Ish, with an additional letter in Yiddish. Vilna (Vilnius), Iyar 1933.
The letter was sent to Baranovich (Baranavichy), to the nephew of the Chazon Ish "My nephew R. Sh." (R. Shemaryahu Greineman, who was studying at that time in the Baranovich yeshiva). The second letter in Yiddish is not signed, though it was presumably written by the sister of the Chazon Ish, Rebbetzin Tzivia Greineman – mother of R. Shemaryahu.
The Chazon Ish urges him to record Torah novellae, and requests that he send him thoughts "being discussed in the Beit Midrash". The Chazon Ish praises the previous letter he received from him and writes: "The treatise you wrote regarding the opinions of the Rishonim on Kefiat Binyan Kotel, was very well written, and write often in this format. One who seeks your wellbeing, Ish. Monday, 41st day of the Omer (26th Iyar) 1933".
In her letter, the mother tells her son about his two younger brothers Chaim and David, who will grow up and also attend the yeshiva. She reports that they are currently studying Gemara with an older student, and reviewing Mishnayot to be tested on them by heart (the letter relates to his brothers, the twins Chaim and David Greineman, who were at that time 6 years old, and were known for their exceptional capacities).
R. Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (1879-1953), author of Chazon Ish, a foremost scholar in Halacha and Jewish philosophy in our generations. A preeminent Torah scholar and hidden righteous man, his first book Chazon Ish was published in 1911 anonymously, and he thereafter became known under that title. In his great modesty, he would sign with his acronym only: "Ish". Following WWI, he resided in Vilna for several years, leaving in Tammuz 1933 (two months after writing this letter) for Eretz Israel, where he became recognized as the leading Torah authority, and stood at the helm of the resurrection of the Torah world in our generation.
Postcard. Approx. 10X15 cm. Good condition. Address of sender: R. Shmuel Greineman, 3 Szopena St. [Vilna].
The letter was sent to Baranovich (Baranavichy), to the nephew of the Chazon Ish "My nephew R. Sh." (R. Shemaryahu Greineman, who was studying at that time in the Baranovich yeshiva). The second letter in Yiddish is not signed, though it was presumably written by the sister of the Chazon Ish, Rebbetzin Tzivia Greineman – mother of R. Shemaryahu.
The Chazon Ish urges him to record Torah novellae, and requests that he send him thoughts "being discussed in the Beit Midrash". The Chazon Ish praises the previous letter he received from him and writes: "The treatise you wrote regarding the opinions of the Rishonim on Kefiat Binyan Kotel, was very well written, and write often in this format. One who seeks your wellbeing, Ish. Monday, 41st day of the Omer (26th Iyar) 1933".
In her letter, the mother tells her son about his two younger brothers Chaim and David, who will grow up and also attend the yeshiva. She reports that they are currently studying Gemara with an older student, and reviewing Mishnayot to be tested on them by heart (the letter relates to his brothers, the twins Chaim and David Greineman, who were at that time 6 years old, and were known for their exceptional capacities).
R. Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz (1879-1953), author of Chazon Ish, a foremost scholar in Halacha and Jewish philosophy in our generations. A preeminent Torah scholar and hidden righteous man, his first book Chazon Ish was published in 1911 anonymously, and he thereafter became known under that title. In his great modesty, he would sign with his acronym only: "Ish". Following WWI, he resided in Vilna for several years, leaving in Tammuz 1933 (two months after writing this letter) for Eretz Israel, where he became recognized as the leading Torah authority, and stood at the helm of the resurrection of the Torah world in our generation.
Postcard. Approx. 10X15 cm. Good condition. Address of sender: R. Shmuel Greineman, 3 Szopena St. [Vilna].
Letters – Lithuanian Rabbis
Letters – Lithuanian Rabbis