Lengthy and important historic letter [over 100 words!]. Handwritten and signed by the leader of the generation, Rabbeinu Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz, author of Chazon Ish . The letter was sent to his brother-in-law, the gaon Rabbi Shmuel Greineman. Bnei Brak, Shevat, 1947. Lengthy addition in the margins of the letter to clarify the issue, by the gaon Rabbi Yehoshua Zelig Diskin (father-in-law of the leader of the entire Diaspora, Rabbi Yerachmiel Gershon Edelstein.)
The letter deals with rescuing the Diskin family, the gaon Rabbi Yehoshua Zelig’s mother and brother who fled the Nazis to Russia, where they were very active in strengthening the life of Torah and mitzvot. As a result, they were harassed by the authorities, and they even sat in the infamous Russian prison in the frozen Siberian steppes. The Chazon Ish emphasizes that this is a life-threatening matter, “as we know the magnitude of the hardships they suffer during their wandering and exile.”
When the letter was being written, there was a small rescue opportunity that arose, by way of obtaining visas for travel to America, and as such, the Chazon Ish asks that his brother-in-law write to hurry Rabbi Moshe Feinstein to exert the full extent of his influence to quickly obtain the visas. After the Chazon Ish’s letter, there is an addition (written a day earlier!) from Rabbi Yehoshua Zelig Diskin, writing with a groaning heart and describing the terrible situation of his mother and brother who find themselves imprisoned behind the iron curtain.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for brief biographies of Rabbi Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz and Rabbi Yehoshua Zelig Diskin .
[1] notebook paper, written on both sides. 20.5×15 cm.
Fine-very fine condition. Aging stains. Fold marks and creases. Tiny tears in the white margins.