* Letter on official stationery. Entirely [approximately 5 lines] in Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky’s handwriting and with his signature. The letter is addressed to “My Honorable Friends.” Rabbi Chaim Ozer apologizes that he was unable to visit them. “Due to a harsh case of influenza, I am imprisoned in my home for ten days already, unable to go outside.” He blesses them, “Go and come in peace.” Vilna, 1934. * Letter with a historic feel: in scribal script on official stationery, with the addition of [6] words in Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky’s handwriting and with his signature. It is addressed to the gaon Rabbi Baruch Kunstadt, rosh yeshivah of Kol Torah. Vilna, 1939. The letter mentions several rabbinic leaders, such as Moreinu Rabbi Ya’akov Rosenheim. The letter was written just a few months before the outbreak of the Holocaust that annihilated European Jewry. Black clouds already darkened Lithuanian skies. Rabbi Chaim Ozer indicates this in his letter: “It seems there is no time – we are in a state of emergency. Over time, when things quiet down, I will try.” He did not merit to follow up – a year later, during the course of the war, he passed away. His funeral was one of the last in Vilna. * Important halachic letter on official stationery, handwritten and signed by Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky, also addressed to Rabbi Baruch Kunstadt, with respect to permitting an agunah. Rabbi Chaim Ozer takes precious time from his dealings as leader of the generation, and searches for creative halachic dispensation to release an anonymous woman from the bonds of being an agunah. Vilna, 1930. Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinsky [1863-1940] was one of the Torah leaders of Lithuania and rabbi of Vilna (despite the fact that he did not serve as its official rabbi: After the GR”A’s passing, in his honor, no further official rabbis were appointed in Vilna). He was the president of the Council of Torah Sages and author of Shu”t Achiezer. He was considered the leader of Lithuanian Chareidi Jewry in the era of great rabbinic leaders such as the Chafetz Chaim and Rabbi Chaim of Brisk. The Chafetz Chaim would refer to him as “President of the Jewish People.” Various sizes and conditions. Overall moderate-fine condition.