Autograph letter by R. Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz, author of the Chazon Ish. [Bnei Brak, ca. 1940s].
Five lines in his handwriting (without his signature). The letter was sent to the printer of his books: "I want to ask you concerning the current price of printing, because the printing now depends upon a reduction in the price. We therefore ask you to inform us if you can print at the price of 1.75 and the rest of the details remain as they were until now".
R. Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz, author of the Chazon Ish (1879-1953), was a Torah scholar of great stature in halacha and Torah philosophy as well as a "hidden tsaddik". In 1911, he anonymously printed his first book of the Chazon Ish series and from that time, he was called after his book. He moved to Eretz Israel in 1933 and was immediately recognized as the foremost Torah scholar and was the main propagator of the rejuvenation of Torah and Chassidism in our times. He wrote and published his numerous Chazon Ish books, which were written with laborious study and diligence and cover almost all Talmudic treatises.
Leaf, 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and folding creases.