Letter in the handwriting and with the signature of Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, confirming receipt of a copy of the Ministry of Communication’s “Heter Iska.”
Specifications: [1] leaf, paper. 15×20 cm. The original envelope is enclosed.
Background: Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv [1910-2012] was born in the city of Shavel, Lithuania, his parents’ only son after 17 years of marriage. In 1924 he immigrated to Israel with his family, who settled in the Meah Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem. He served as a dayan on the Great Rabbinical Court, and later became the greatest adjudicator and the leader of the generation.
Condition: Very fine, fold marks, mark from a stapler.