Letter handwritten entirely by the Tzddik Gaon Rabbi Yeshaya First Av Beis Din and Ram of the ‘Adas Yisroel’ community, the ‘Schif-Schul’ in Vienna. Not dated.
In his letter, the Gaon Rabbi Yeshaya First writes a deep apology to the author of an important Sefer who had sent the gaon his Sefer that since he had not yet received the Sefer, he did not send payment for it and the letter of approbation. ‘May he be assured that I will not be negligent’. He praises the author and his Seforim at length. On the margins of the letter, after his signature, he notes that the aforementioned messanger indeed arrived after he signed the letter, yet did not have the correct Sefer so of course, when he receives the Sefer he will send his approbation.
The Tzaddik Gaon Rabbi Yeshay First [1857-1943] one of the most important disciples of Maran the Kesav Sofer and Maran the Sheves Sofer. One of the founders of Agudas Yisroel. The Rav of the Tirna and Preshov communities and the Rav and Av Beis Din of Adas Yisroel community (Schif Schul) in Vienna. With the destruction of the community, during the Anschluss of Austria, he escaped to London where he lived and worked until his passing in 1943. Authored the Sefer ‘Chazon Yeshaya’.
[1] postcard. 14X9.5 cm. Slightly erased ink. Handwritten entirely and signed by him. Fair-good condition.
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