Letter handwritten and signed by Rabbi "Yosef Shlofer, Slonim". Slonim 1902. Recommendation to the emissary of the Knesset Yisrael Yeshiva in Slobodka who travelled to the US. In the letter, Rabbi Shlofer writes of the "Knesset Yisrael in Slabodka – established twenty years ago in the spirit of R' Yisrael Salanter. The Slabodka Yeshiva is one of the most special yeshivot gedolot in our country, about two hundred students study Torah all days and all nights, with cleverness and proficiency…". Rabbi Yoseph Shlofer (Otzar HaRabbanim 8660), "the Illui of Dinaburg" student of Volozhin Yeshiva, son-in-law of the renowned Rabbi Izele Charif, Av Beit Din of Slonim. [He is the subject of the famous story according to which Rabbi Izele chose him as a son-in-law because he ran after the wagon traveling from the Volozhin Yeshiva to ask Rabbi Izele the answer to his question]. He served as Rabbi of Derechin. In 1885, he succeeded his father-in-law as Rabbi of Slonim until his death in 1905. His successor was Rabbi Mordechai Ushminer. Leaf, 21 cm. Approximately 16 handwritten lines. Fair condition, tear to leaf folds, with tape stains.