Early and lengthy halachic responsum entirely handwritten and signed by the adjudicator of the generation, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, to the gaon Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tukachinsky, rosh yeshivah of Etz Chaim and author of Luach L’Eretz Yisrael . Signed autograph.
Lengthy halachic responsum covering six characteristically densely written leaves. The responsum deals with a rare halachic topic: The laws of mourning for a kohen gadol. Rabbi Shlomo Zalman emphasizes at the beginning of the letter that these halachahs are not found at all in adjudicative literature, given that it is not currently practical halachah. Rabbi Auerbach writes: “His honor should believe me that I toiled somewhat and did not find … there is no question like this found in any of the literature.” At the end of the letter, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman blesses: “May [you] be blessed with physical health and soon merit the sounds of rejoicing and salvation.”
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach .
[6] pp, approximately 14×22 cm.
Moderate-fine condition. Fold marks. Ink stain in the margins of the leaves.