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Letter from the Gaon Rabbi Simcha Malin, One of the Rabbis of Bialystok, to the Chief Rabbinate in Tel Aviv – Bialystok, 1936 ”And he has gone through many hardships such as this, and now his situation here is very difficult, and he plans to wander from here to Argentina. He agrees, therefore, to give his wife the Get, but on the condition that she provides a waiver, that she has no further claims against him for alimony or revenge, neither for herself nor for the children. The waiver, certified by the Chief Rabbinate, should be sent here.” – A letter concerning Gittin (divorce), from Rabbi Simcha Malin of Bialystok to the Chief Rabbinate in Tel Aviv, Bialystok, 1936. [1] leaf, official letterhead. Handwritten and signed by Rabbi Simcha Malin, with his stamp. In this letter, Rabbi Simcha Malin requests that the Chief Rabbinate in Tel Aviv handle matters needed to arrange divorces for two couples. In the first case, the husband planned to emigrate from Bialystok to Argentina, and it was necessary to confirm with the wife in Tel Aviv whether the conditions he stipulated for giving the get were acceptable to her. In the second case, it was required that the couple send payment abroad to arrange the matter. Several handwritten notes appear on the letter, including: ”Notify that she agrees to accept the Get under these conditions”; ”And as long as he is abroad, she will not demand anything for the children’s sustenance.” The Gaon Rabbi Shaul Simcha Malin HY”D (c. 1875–c. 1942) – one of the rabbis of Bialystok, author of She’elot U’Teshuvot Or Simcha and the sefarim Torat HaNikkur and Torat HaShechita VeHaBedika. His father, Rabbi Yosef Shraga Feivel Malin, was Av Beit Din of Brisk in Lithuania and author of Zikaron Yosef. Rabbi Shaul Simcha served as moreh tzedek in Bialystok and authored Torat HaNikkur HaShalem (1926, 1936), She’elot U’Teshuvot Or Simcha, vol. I (1926), and Torat HaShechita VeHaBedika (1935). He was murdered Al Kiddush Hashem in Bialystok during the Holocaust. Filing holes (torn), folding marks. Good–very good condition.