Extremely lengthy responsum (five pages!) handwritten and signed by the renowned gaon Rabbeinu Naftali Tzvi Yehudah Berlin, rosh yeshivah of Volozhin and one of the rabbinic leaders of his generation. Sent to the mighty gaon Rabbi Eliyahu David Rabinowitz Teomim, av beit din of Ponovezh and Mir.
The responsum discusses several halachic topics written with much in-depth scholarship, as was the Netzi”v’s way.
The responsum was written on a double paper that consists of [4] written pages. His signature was added on a separate page of a different size, also in the Netzi”v’s penmanship with “New year’s blessings for long life, all goodness for my honorable friend, glory of his people, like my own soul to me, the rabbi, the gaon of wisdom and understanding, the renowned M. Eliyahu David shlit”a. His blessings cause my soul to be blessed, my soul that requires Heavenly assistance for the text regarding this halachah and to draw thoughts that have been interwoven with ours this year, so that I have become strengthened in Hashem’s Torah with peace of mind. Awaiting the redemption, Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin.”
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for brief biographies of the writer and of the addressee, Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehudah Berlin and Rabbi Eliyahu David Rabinowitz Teomim .
[5] pp, [2] leaves of different sizes.
Fine condition. Slight tear in the inner white margins. Slight tears without lack.