Lengthy letter handwritten and signed by R. "Elazar Man Shach". Jerusalem, Elul 1949.

Addressed to R. Yechezkel Abramsky, head of the Beit Din of London, thanking him for three books of Chazon Yechezkel, with Shanah Tovah blessings.
On the reverse side R. Shach adds 21 additional lines with notes on Chazon Yechezkel on Tractates Rosh Hashanah and Yoma. We could not determine whether the contents of this letter have been published.

R. Elazar Menachem Man Shach (1898-2001), author of Avi HaEzri and prominent yeshiva dean in the previous generation, was born in Lithuania and studied in his youth in the Ponovezh, Slabodka and Slutsk yeshivas. He served as dean of the Kletsk yeshiva in Poland, and of the Karlin yeshiva in Luninyets. During the Holocaust, he immigrated to Eretz Israel where he was appointed dean of the Kletsk yeshiva in Rechovot. He later served as the dean of the Ponevezh yeshiva in Bnei Brak. A member and chairman of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah, he led Torah Jewry in Israel and worldwide for decades.

Double leaf. [2] written pages. 20 cm. Good condition. Folding marks.

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