Three responsa queries sent to R. Naftali Tzvi Yehudah Berlin (the Netziv), Rabbi and yeshiva dean of Volozhin.

• Lengthy letter (4 pages) to the Netziv from his student R. Shlomo Zalman Ginzburg. [Byalynichy], [15 Sivan], 1891. Contains halachic question on various topics in the halachot of shechita and terefot. Apologizing for disturbing his teacher but underlining its necessity, he asks a few questions about the laws of terefot. Over its course, he also asks the Netziv whether the rumor he heard is true that the Netziv had retracted one of his halachic decisions in Haamek Shealah.
[1] double leaf (containing 4 written pages). 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, tears and folds, repaired with tape. Worming, slightly affecting text.

• Letter to the Netziv from his student R. Efraim Binyamin son of Avraham of Uzda, studying in Vievis, who sends his teacher Torah thoughts from tractate Bava Batra. Vievis, [ca. 1880s-1890s]. With enclosed booklet of Torah novellae on inheritance (the beginning of the booklet is missing, and only the letter and the two last pages of the booklet remain).
[1] double leaf (containing 3 written pages), 33 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Tears and folds.

• Lengthy letter to the Netziv, by R. Lima son of Yaakov Pitikovski, prayer leader and shochet in Trachtenberg (Żmigród, Silesia), [1892]. Halachic query on the laws of idolatry asked by a poor person in his city who produced gravestones for gentiles, asking whether it was permitted to place a Christian symbol on the gravestone. He goes on to write about matters of public advocacy against persecution of Jews, and the Netziv's efforts in the matter.
[1] leaf. 28.5 cm. Written on both sides. Fair-good condition. Stains, tears and folds, repaired with tape, including open tears, affecting text in some places.

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